XML DOM localName Property


Node Object Reference Node Object

Definition and Usage

The localName property returns the local part of the name of a node.

For nodes of other types than ELEMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 method, the return value is always null.


Browser Support

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The localName property is supported in all major browsers, except Internet Explorer.


Syntax

nodeObject.localName

Technical Details

Return Value: A String representing the local name of the node
DOM Version Core Level 2 Node Object


Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and returns the local name of the <title> elements:

Example

xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("books_ns.xml");

x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('title');

for(i=0; i<x.length; i++)
  {
  document.write(x.item(i).localName);
  document.write("<br>");
  }

The output of the code above will be:

title
title

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