XML DOM removeAttributeNode() Method
Element Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and removes the "category" attribute nodes from all <book> elements:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var x, i, attnode,
old_att, xmlDoc, txt;
xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
txt = "";
x =
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
for (i = 0; i <
x.length; i++) {
while (x[i].attributes.length
> 0) {
attnode = x[i].attributes[0];
old_att = x[i].removeAttributeNode(attnode);
txt += "Removed: " + old_att.nodeName +
": " + old_att.nodeValue + "<br>";
}
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
txt;
}
Output:
Removed: category: cooking
Removed: category: children
Removed:
category: web
Removed: category: web
Removed: cover: paperback
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Definition and Usage
The removeAttributeNode() method removes a specified attribute node.
If a default value for the attribute is defined in a DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value.
This function returns the removed attribute node.
Syntax
elementNode.removeAttributeNode(node)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| node | Required. The node to remove |
Element Object
