XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

createDocument: namespaceURI, qualifiedName, doctype(2)

Synopsis

Creates a new, empty Document object with the given document type. It also creates the single, top-level document element using the given qualified name and namespace URI.

Arguments

namespaceURI: DOMString

The namespace URI used to create the top-level document element. Can be null if no namespace is used.

qualifiedName: DOMString

The namespace-aware qualified name of the top-level document element to be created. The prefix given in this parameter is associated with the namespace URI given in the namespaceURI parameter.

doctype: DOMString

The document type definition object to be associated with the new document. If this parameter is not null, the DocumentType node’s ownerDocument attribute is set to point to the new document object.

Exceptions

INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

Indicates that the qualifiedName parameter has a malformed XML identifier.

NAMESPACE_ERR

Raised if an inconsistency exists between the values given for the namespaceURI and the qualifiedName parameters. Passing in a qualified name with a namespace prefix and not passing in a namespace URI is illegal. This can also be generated if a reserved namespace prefix, such as xml, is given with an incorrect namespace URI.

WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR

Raised if the DocumentType node passed in the doctype parameter is already associated with another document object. New DocumentType objects must be created using the new createDocumentType method of the DOMImplementation interface.

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