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Node

Extended by Document, DocumentFragment, DocumentType, Element, CharacterData

Node is an abstract interface and does not exist as node. It is used by all nodes (Document, DocumentFragment, DocumentType, Element, Text, ProcessingInstruction, and Comment).

Properties
const unsigned short	ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2
const unsigned short	CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4
const unsigned short	COMMENT_NODE = 8 COMMENT_NODE (8);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11 DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE (11).
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_NODE = 9 DOCUMENT_NODE (9);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY = 0x10 DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY (16, 10 in hexadecimal);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS = 0x08 DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS (8);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED = 0x01 DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED (1);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING = 0x04 DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING (4);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC = 0x20 DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC (32, 20 in hexadecimal).
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING = 0x02 DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING (2);
const unsigned short	DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10 DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE (10);
const unsigned short	ELEMENT_NODE = 1 ELEMENT_NODE (1);
const unsigned short	ENTITY_NODE = 6
const unsigned short	ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5
const unsigned short	NOTATION_NODE = 12
const unsigned short	PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7 PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE (7);
const unsigned short	TEXT_NODE = 3 TEXT_NODE (3);
DOMString?	baseURI The baseURI attribute must return the associated base URL.
NodeList	childNodes The childNodes attribute must return a NodeList rooted at the context object matching only children.
Node?	firstChild The firstChild attribute must return the first child.
Node?	lastChild The lastChild attribute must return the last child.
Node?	nextSibling The nextSibling attribute must return the next sibling.
DOMString	nodeName
unsigned short	nodeType
DOMString?	nodeValue
Document?	ownerDocument
Element?	parentElement The parentElement attribute must return the parent element.
Node?	parentNode The parentNode attribute must return the parent.
Node?	previousSibling The previousSibling attribute must return the previous sibling.
DOMString?	textContent

Operations
Node	appendChild(Node node) The appendChild(node) method must return the result of appending node to the context object.
Node	cloneNode(optional boolean deep) The cloneNode(deep) method must return a clone of the context object, with the clone children flag set if deep is true.
unsigned short	compareDocumentPosition(Node other)
boolean	contains(Node? other) The contains(other) method must return true if other is an inclusive descendant of the context object, and false otherwise (including when other is null).
boolean	hasChildNodes() The hasChildNodes() method must return true if the context object has children, and false otherwise.
Node	insertBefore(Node node, Node? child) The insertBefore(node, child) method must return the result of pre-inserting node into the context object before child.
boolean	isDefaultNamespace(DOMString? namespace)
boolean	isEqualNode(Node? node) The isEqualNode(node) method must return true if node is not null and context object equals node, and false otherwise.
DOMString?	lookupNamespaceURI(DOMString? prefix)
DOMString?	lookupPrefix(DOMString? namespace)
void	normalize()
Node	removeChild(Node child) The removeChild(child) method must return the result of pre-removing child from the context object.
Node	replaceChild(Node node, Node child) The replaceChild(node, child) method must return the result of replacing child with node within the context object.

Referenced by
ChildNode	replace(...)
Document	importNode(...)
MutationObserver	observe(...)
MutationRecord	target
NodeFilter	acceptNode(...)
NodeIterator	root
NodeList	item(...)
ParentNode	prepend(...)
Range	surroundContents(...)
TreeWalker	root