XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

setIdAttributeNS: namespaceURI, localName, isId(3)

Synopsis

This method provides a way to mark an attribute that belongs to a namespace as a user-determined ID attribute. Although attributes that are marked as ID attributes using this method will show up in searches conducted using the Document.getElementById() method, it will not modify any of the type information provided by the Attr.schemaTypeInfo attribute.

Arguments

namespaceURI: DOMString

The namespace URI of the attribute to modify.

localName: DOMString

The local part of the name of the attribute to modify.

isId: boolean

Set to true if the attribute is to be an ID attribute; otherwise, it is false.

Exceptions

NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR

Raised if the element is read-only.

NOT_FOUND_ERR

Raised if no attribute matching the name parameter is found in the attributes collection.

Java binding

public void setIdAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String localName,
                               boolean isId) throws DOMException;