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(python2.1-lib.info)Element Objects

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Element Objects
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`Element' is a subclass of `Node', so inherits all the attributes of
that class.

`tagName'
     The element type name.  In a namespace-using document it may have
     colons in it.  The value is a string.

`getElementsByTagName(tagName)'
     Same as equivalent method in the `Document' class.

`getElementsByTagNameNS(tagName)'
     Same as equivalent method in the `Document' class.

`getAttribute(attname)'
     Return an attribute value as a string.

`getAttributeNode(attrname)'
     Return the `Attr' node for the attribute named by ATTRNAME.

`getAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName)'
     Return an attribute value as a string, given a NAMESPACEURI and
     LOCALNAME.

`getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI, localName)'
     Return an attribute value as a node, given a NAMESPACEURI and
     LOCALNAME.

`removeAttribute(attname)'
     Remove an attribute by name.  No exception is raised if there is no
     matching attribute.

`removeAttributeNode(oldAttr)'
     Remove and return OLDATTR from the attribute list, if present.  If
     OLDATTR is not present, `NotFoundErr' is raised.

`removeAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName)'
     Remove an attribute by name.  Note that it uses a localName, not a
     qname.  No exception is raised if there is no matching attribute.

`setAttribute(attname, value)'
     Set an attribute value from a string.

`setAttributeNode(newAttr)'
     Add a new attibute node to the element, replacing an existing
     attribute if necessary if the `name' attribute matches.  If a
     replacement occurs, the old attribute node will be returned.  If
     NEWATTR is already in use, `InuseAttributeErr' will be raised.

`setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr)'
     Add a new attibute node to the element, replacing an existing
     attribute if necessary if the `namespaceURI' and `localName'
     attributes match.  If a replacement occurs, the old attribute node
     will be returned.  If NEWATTR is already in use,
     `InuseAttributeErr' will be raised.

`setAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qname, value)'
     Set an attribute value from a string, given a NAMESPACEURI and a
     QNAME.  Note that a qname is the whole attribute name.  This is
     different than above.