Name

CharacterData

Synopsis

The CharacterData interface is completely abstract, extending the basic Node interface only to support manipulation of character data. Every DOM object type that deals with text data inherits, directly or indirectly, from this interface.

This interface's string-handling facilities are similar to those found in most modern programming languages. Like C/C++ string-processing routines, all CharacterData routines are zero-based.

Java example

// Create a new, unattached Text node
Text ndText = doc.createTextNode("The truth is out there.");
// cast it to the CharacterData interface
CharacterData ndCD = (CharacterData)ndText;

Attributes

The following attributes are defined for CharacterData: