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DOM - NamedNodeMap Object Method - getNamedItem
The method getNamedItem () retrieves the node specified by name.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for the usage of the getNamedItem() method.
nodemapObject.getNamedItem(name)
S.No. | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 | name This specifies the name of the node to retrieve. It is of type DOMString. |
This method returns the Node specified by name.
Example
node.xml contents are as below −
<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 getNamedItem() method −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <script> if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else {// code for IE6, IE5 xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } xmlhttp.open("GET","/dom/node.xml",false); xmlhttp.send(); xmlDoc = xmlhttp.responseXML; xmlDoc = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('Employee')[0].attributes; document.write("Name of attribute category for node Employee is: "); document.write(xmlDoc.getNamedItem('category').nodeValue); </script> </body> </html>
Execution
Save this file as namednodemapmethod_getnameditem.htm on the server path (this file and node_methods.xml should be on the same path in your server). We will get the output as shown below −
Name of attribute category for node Employee is: Technical
dom_namednodemap_object.htm
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