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
namespaceis a string specifying the namespace of the attribute.nodeNameis 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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