[XML-SIG] DOM API

[Mike Olson]

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Paul Prescod wrote:

> > I've never had a need for such a method.  I often need all such elements, in
> > which case I just use getElementsByTagName.
>
> I'm surprised that you've never needed it. In Greg's data-ish world it
> would be incredibly useful but also in the data-ish subsets of the
> document world.
>
> <DOCUMENT>
>  <METADATA>
>    <TITLE>Blah...</TITLE>
>    <AUTHOR>Blah...</AUTHOR>
>  </METADATA>
> ...
> </DOCUMENT>
>
> doc.documentElement.getChild( "METADATA" ).getChild( "AUTHOR" )
>

GetElementsByTagName does not stop at the current level, it will check its
children, then their children, ...  This was a big pain for us and I had to
implement a getChildren type method.  to me, that would be more useful then a
getChild.


>
> --
>  Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
>  http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco
>
> Company spokeswoman Lana Simon stressed that Interactive
> Yoda is not a Furby. Well, not exactly.
>
> "This is an interactive toy that utilizes Furby technology,"
> Simon said. "It will react to its surroundings and will talk."
>   - http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/19222.html
>
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