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(python2.1-lib.info)Objects in the DOM

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Objects in the DOM
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The definitive documentation for the DOM is the DOM specification from
the W3C.

Note that DOM attributes may also be manipulated as nodes instead of as
simple strings.  It is fairly rare that you must do this, however, so
this usage is not yet documented.

Interface                Section                  Purpose
------                   -----                    -----
DOMImplementation        Note: DOMImplementation  Interface to the
                         Objects                underlying
                                                  implementation.
Node                     Note: Node Objects     Base interface for most
                                                  objects in a document.
NodeList                 Note: NodeList           Interface for a
                         Objects                sequence of nodes.
DocumentType             Note: DocumentType       Information about the
                         Objects                declarations needed to
                                                  process a document.
Document                 Note: Document           Object which represents
                         Objects                an entire document.
Element                  Note: Element Objects  Element nodes in the
                                                  document hierarchy.
Attr                     Note: Attr Objects     Attribute value nodes
                                                  on element nodes.
Comment                  Note: Comment Objects  Representation of
                                                  comments in the source
                                                  document.
Text                     Note: Text and           Nodes containing
                         CDATASection Objects   textual content from
                                                  the document.
ProcessingInstruction    *Note                    Processing instruction
                         ProcessingInstruction    representation.
                         Objects::                

An additional section describes the exceptions defined for working with
the DOM in Python.

DOMImplementation Objects

Node Objects

NodeList Objects

DocumentType Objects

Document Objects

Element Objects

Attr Objects

NamedNodeMap Objects

Comment Objects

Text and CDATASection Objects

ProcessingInstruction Objects

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