XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

nodeName: DOMString

Synopsis

Intended to represent the underlying DOM object’s name. Depending on the object type, this attribute may map to another attribute of the object or a constant string, as listed in this table:

Object type	nodeName
Element	Tag name
Attr	Attribute name
Text	“#text”
CDATASection	“#cdata-section”
EntityReference	Name of entity referenced
Entity	Entity name
ProcessingInstruction	Target
Comment	“#comment”
Document	“#document”
DocumentType	Document type name
DocumentFragment	“#document-fragment”
Notation	Notation name

Java binding

public String getNodeName( );
     
// Print the document root tag name
Node ndDoc = (Node)doc.getDocumentElement( );
System.out.println("Document root element type: " + ndDoc.getNodeName( ));