Element: getAttributeNodeNS() method

Returns the Attr node for the attribute with the given namespace and name.

Syntax

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getAttributeNodeNS(namespace, nodeName)

Parameters

  • namespace is a string specifying the namespace of the attribute.
  • nodeName is a string specifying the name of the attribute.

Return value

The node for specified attribute.

Notes

getAttributeNodeNS is more specific than getAttributeNode in that it allows you to specify attributes that are part of a particular namespace. The corresponding setter method is setAttributeNodeNS.

DOM methods dealing with element's attributes:

Not namespace-aware, most commonly used methods Namespace-aware variants (DOM Level 2) DOM Level 1 methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used) DOM Level 2 namespace-aware methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used)
setAttribute (DOM 1) setAttributeNS setAttributeNode setAttributeNodeNS
getAttribute (DOM 1) getAttributeNS getAttributeNode getAttributeNodeNS
hasAttribute (DOM 2) hasAttributeNS - -
removeAttribute (DOM 1) removeAttributeNS removeAttributeNode -

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# dom-element-getattributenodens

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