XML DOM setAttributeNS() Method
Element Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books_ns.xml" into xmlDoc and adds an "edition" attribute to the first <book> element:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books_ns.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
var x =
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
var ns =
"http://www.w3schools.com/edition/";
x.setAttributeNS(ns,
"edition", "first");
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML
=
x.getAttributeNS(ns,"edition");
}
Output:
first
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Definition and Usage
The setAttributeNS() method adds a new attribute (with a namespace).
If an attribute with that name or namespace already exists in the element, its value is changed to be that of the prefix and value parameter
Syntax
elementNode.setAttributeNS(ns,name,value)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| ns | Required. Specifies the namespace URI of the attribute to set |
| name | Required. Specifies the name of the attribute to set |
| value | Required. Specifies the value of the attribute to set |
Example
The following code fragment loads "books_ns.xml" into xmlDoc and changes the "lang" value of the first <title> element:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books_ns.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
var x =
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
var ns =
"http://www.w3schools.com/edition/";
x.setAttributeNS(ns,
"c:lang", "italian");
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML
=
x.getAttributeNS(ns, "lang");
}
Output:
italian
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