RE: [xmljs-users] deep copy nodes between xml documents with JS

[David J. <dj...@ya...>]

 
> copy a node (and it's children) from one xml doc (arriving on the page
> via xmlhttprequest) to another (the master already created in the page).

I think herein lies my confusion. I was focusing too much on the DocumentFragment part. ImportNode
is really the appropriate method to be calling for what you're trying to do.

> yeah, that was the only way I could get it to work - but work it does!
Yea! 

> thanx for your help, David
always a pleasure

> I'm using '.getAttribute(name)' elsewhere in the code but saw
> 'getAttributeNode(name)' in the docs. Are they interchangable?

Not directly...

getAttributeNode breaks down to 
DOMElement.prototype.getAttributeNode = function DOMElement_getAttributeNode(name) {
  // delegate to DOMNamedNodeMap.getNamedItem
  return this.attributes.getNamedItem(name);
};

getAttribute breaks down to 
DOMElement.prototype.getAttribute = function DOMElement_getAttribute(name) {
  var ret = "";

  // if attribute exists, use it
  var attr = this.attributes.getNamedItem(name);

  if (attr) {
    ret = attr.value;
  }

  return ret; // if Attribute exists, return its value, otherwise, return ""
};

So getAttributeNode gives you a node object while getAttribute will give you the node object's
value, or "" if the query can't find what you're looking for. 

Best regards,

David