DOM::HTMLCollection Class Reference

#include <html_misc.h>

Inherited by DOM::HTMLFormCollection, and DOM::HTMLMappedNameCollection.

Public Member Functions
	HTMLCollection (const HTMLCollection &other)
HTMLCollection &	operator= (const HTMLCollection &other)
unsigned long	length () const
Node	item (unsigned long index) const
Node	namedItem (const DOMString &name) const
Node	base () const
HTMLCollectionImpl *	handle () const
bool	isNull () const
Node	firstItem () const
Node	nextItem () const
Node	nextNamedItem (const DOMString &name) const

Protected Member Functions
	HTMLCollection (NodeImpl *base, int type)

Protected Attributes
HTMLCollectionImpl *	impl

Friends
class	HTMLDocument
class	HTMLSelectElement
class	HTMLImageElement
class	HTMLMapElement
class	HTMLTableElement
class	HTMLTableRowElement
class	HTMLTableSectionElement
class	HTMLLayerElement
class	HTMLElement

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

item()

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.

length()

unsigned long HTMLCollection::length

(

)

const

This attribute specifies the length or size of the list.

Definition at line 141 of file html_misc.cpp.

namedItem()

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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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• html_misc.h
• html_misc.cpp