DOMImplementation.createDocument

The DOMImplementation.createDocument() method creates and returns an XMLDocument.

Syntax

doc = document.implementation.createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedNameStr, documentType);

Parameters

namespaceURI

Is a DOMString containing the namespace URI of the document to be created, or null if the document doesn't belong to one.

qualifiedNameStr

Is a DOMString containing the qualified name, that is an optional prefix and colon plus the local root element name, of the document to be created.

documentType Optional

Is the DocumentType of the document to be created. It defaults to null.

Example

var doc = document.implementation.createDocument ('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'html', null);
var body = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'body');
body.setAttribute('id', 'abc');
doc.documentElement.appendChild(body);
alert(doc.getElementById('abc')); // [object HTMLBodyElement]

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM The definition of 'DOMImplementation.createDocument' in that specification.	Living Standard	Modified the return type of createDocument() from Document to XMLDocument. The third argument of createDocument(), doctype, is now optional and default to null.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification The definition of 'DOMImplementation.createDocument' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification The definition of 'DOMImplementation.createDocument' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The DOMImplementation interface it belongs to.