nodeName Property
Returns the qualified name for attribute, document type, element, entity, or notation nodes. Returns a fixed string for all other node types. Read-only.
[Script]
Script Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeName;
Example
The following script example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and displays its name.
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
var currNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(0);
alert(currNode.nodeName);
[Visual Basic]
Visual Basic Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeName
Example
The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and displays its name.
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument40
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
Set currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.Item(0)
MsgBox currNode.nodeName
[C/C++]
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_nodeName(
BSTR *name);
Parameters
- name [out, retval]
- Node name, which varies depending on the node type.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- Value returned if successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
- Value returned if name is Null.
Remarks
String. The property is read-only and always contains a non-empty string. The nodeName property contains the qualified name for the element, attribute, or entity reference. For example, it returns xxx:yyy for the element <xxx:yyy>.
The node name value varies, depending on the nodeType property.
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE |
Contains the name of the attribute. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION |
Contains the literal string "#cdata-section". |
| NODE_COMMENT |
Contains the literal string "#comment". |
| NODE_DOCUMENT |
Contains the literal string "#document". |
| NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE |
Contains the name of the document type; for example, xxx in <!DOCTYPE xxx ...>. |
| NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT |
Contains the literal string "#document-fragment". |
| NODE_ELEMENT |
Contains the name of the XML tag, with any namespace prefix included if present. |
| NODE_ENTITY |
Contains the name of the entity. |
| NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE |
Contains the name of the entity referenced. Note that the name does not include the leading ampersand or the trailing semicolon. The name includes the namespace if one is present. |
| NODE_NOTATION |
Contains the name of the notation. |
| NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION |
Contains the target; the first token following the <? characters. |
| NODE_TEXT |
Contains the literal string "#text". |
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See Also
nodeType Property
Applies to: IXMLDOMAttribute | IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | DOMDocument | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment | IXMLDOMDocumentType | IXMLDOMElement | IXMLDOMEntity | IXMLDOMEntityReference | IXMLDOMNode | IXMLDOMNotation | IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction | IXMLDOMText