Persistence and the DOM

Information stored in an XML Document Object Model (DOM) can be serialized to an XML file, and information stored in an XML file can be opened into a DOM. XML files provide an easily exchanged, stored, and processed format for persisting information.

For scripting purposes, persistence of object models as files is handled by the following property and methods.

• load method
• loadXML method
• save method
• xml property

For Microsoft® Visual Basic® and C/C++ programmers, DOM persistence is handled by the following methods and objects/interfaces.

• load method
• loadXML method
• save method
• xml property
• IPersistStreamInit interface (see IXMLDOMDocument/DOMDocument)
• IPersistMoniker interface (see IXMLDOMDocument/DOMDocument)
• IStream interface (see IXMLDOMDocument/DOMDocument)