DOM - DOMImplementation Object Method - createdocument

The method createDocument () is used to create a DOM Document object of the specified type with its document element.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the createDocument () method.

Document doc = document.implementation.createDocument
   (namespaceURI, qualifiedNameStr, documentType);

namespaceURI is the namespace URI of the document element to be created or null.
qualifiedName is the qualified name of the document element to be created or null.
doctype is the type of document to be created or null.
This method returns a new Document object with its document element.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the createDocument () method −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <body>
      <script>
         var doc = document.implementation.createDocument ('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 
            'html', null);
         var body = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'body');
         body.setAttribute('id', 'Company');
         doc.documentElement.appendChild(body);
         document.write(doc.getElementById('Company')); // [object HTMLBodyElement]
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Execution

Save this file as domimplementation_createdocument.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 −

[object HTMLBodyElement]

dom_domimplementation_object.htm