khtml Library API Documentation

DOM::HTMLCollection Class Reference

An HTMLCollection is a list of nodes. More...

#include <html_misc.h>

List of all members.

Public Methods

unsigned long length () const
Node item (unsigned long index) const
Node namedItem (const DOMString &name) const


Detailed Description

An HTMLCollection is a list of nodes.

An individual node may be accessed by either ordinal index or the node's name or id attributes. Note: Collections in the HTML DOM are assumed to be live meaning that they are automatically updated when the underlying document is changed.

Definition at line 126 of file html_misc.h.


Member Function Documentation

unsigned long HTMLCollection::length  
 

This attribute specifies the length or size of the list.

Definition at line 141 of file html_misc.cpp.

Node HTMLCollection::item unsigned long    index const
 

This method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index.

Nodes are numbered in tree order (depth-first traversal order).

Parameters:
index  The index of the node to be fetched. The index origin is 0.
Returns:
The Node at the corresponding position upon success. A value of null is returned if the index is out of range.

Definition at line 147 of file html_misc.cpp.

Node HTMLCollection::namedItem const DOMString   name const
 

This method retrieves a Node using a name.

It first searches for a Node with a matching id attribute. If it doesn't find one, it then searches for a Node with a matching name attribute, but only on those elements that are allowed a name attribute.

Parameters:
name  The name of the Node to be fetched.
Returns:
The Node with a name or id attribute whose value corresponds to the specified string. Upon failure (e.g., no node with this name exists), returns null .

Definition at line 153 of file html_misc.cpp.


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