DOMImplementation: createDocument() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The DOMImplementation.createDocument() method creates and returns an XMLDocument.
Syntax
js
createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName) createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, documentType) Parameters
namespaceURI-
A string containing the namespace URI of the document to be created, or
nullif the document doesn't belong to one. qualifiedName-
A string containing the qualified name, that is an optional prefix and colon plus the local root element name, of the document to be created. A
nullvalue is treated the same as the empty string (""). documentTypeOptional-
Is the
DocumentTypeof the document to be created. It defaults tonull.
Return value
The newly-created XMLDocument.
Examples
js
const doc = document.implementation.createDocument( "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "html", null, ); const body = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "body"); body.setAttribute("id", "abc"); doc.documentElement.appendChild(body); alert(doc.getElementById("abc")); // [object HTMLBodyElement] Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM # ref-for-dom-domimplementation-createdocument② |
Browser compatibility
See also
- The
DOMImplementationinterface it belongs to.