Re: Should Node.getChildNodes return Text of Attr?

Joseph Kesselman <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Jul 2003 15:35:38 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.dom.test-suites.general
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Calling getChildNodes on a DOM Attr node does return the children of the
Attr, which are the text and EntityReference nodes that make up the Attr's
content.

Calling getChildNodes on an element does *NOT* return the Attr nodes or
their descendents. Attributes are not children in the DOM, and do not have
parents (though they may have an Owner Element).

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