DOM - Node Object Attribute - ownerDocument

The attribute ownerDocument specifies the Document object associated with the node.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for the usage of the ownerDocument attribute.

nodeObject.ownerDocument

Example

node.xml contents are as below −

<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<Company>
   <Employee category = "Technical">
      <FirstName>Tanmay</FirstName>
      <LastName>Patil</LastName>
      <ContactNo>1234567890</ContactNo>
      <Email>tanmaypatil@xyz.com</Email>
   </Employee>
   
   <Employee category = "Non-Technical">
      <FirstName>Taniya</FirstName>
      <LastName>Mishra</LastName>
      <ContactNo>1234667898</ContactNo>
      <Email>taniyamishra@xyz.com</Email>
   </Employee>
   
   <Employee category = "Management">
      <FirstName>Tanisha</FirstName>
      <LastName>Sharma</LastName>
      <ContactNo>1234562350</ContactNo>
      <Email>tanishasharma@xyz.com</Email>
   </Employee>
</Company>

Following example demonstrates the usage of the ownerDocument attribute −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <script>
         function loadXMLDoc(filename) {
            if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
               xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
            } else // code for IE5 and IE6 {
               xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            xhttp.open("GET",filename,false);
            xhttp.send();
            return xhttp.responseXML;
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <script>
         xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("/dom/node.xml");

         x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("Employee")[0].ownerDocument;

         document.write("Nodename: " + x.nodeName);
         document.write(" (nodetype: " + x.nodeType + ")");

      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Execution

Save this file as nodeattribute_ownerdocument.htm on the server path (this file and node.xml should be on the same path in your server). We will get the output as shown below −

Nodename: #document (nodetype: 9)
dom_node_object.htm
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