JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition

Name

DOMImplementation: methods independent of any particular document — DOM Level 1 Core: Object → DOMImplementation

Methods

createDocument( )

Creates a new Document object with a root element (the documentElement property of the returned Document object) of the specified type.

createDocumentType( )

Creates a new DocumentType node.

hasFeature( )

Checks whether the current implementation supports a specified version of a named feature.

Description

The DOMImplementation interface is a placeholder for methods that are not specific to any particular Document object but rather are “global” to an implementation of the DOM. You can obtain a reference to the DOMImplementation object through the implementation property of any Document object.