Ch18/DOMLevel3LoadSaveExample04.htm

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>DOM Level 3 Load Save Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This example is known to work only in Opera.</p>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    
        var implementation = document.implementation;
        var parser = implementation.createLSParser(implementation.MODE_ASYNCHRONOUS, null);
        var input = implementation.createLSInput();
        input.stringData = "<root>";
        
        //load event will never get called
        parser.addEventListener("load", function(event){
            var xmldom = event.newDocument;
            var input = event.input;

            alert(xmldom.documentElement.tagName);  //"root"
            alert(xmldom.documentElement.firstChild.tagName); //"child"
            
            var anotherChild = xmldom.createElement("child");
            xmldom.documentElement.appendChild(anotherChild);
            
            var children = xmldom.getElementsByTagName("child");
            alert(children.length);   //2
        }, false);
        
        parser.domConfig.setParameter("error-handler", function(ex){
            alert("Parsing error!");
        });
        
        parser.parse(input);
        
    </script>
</body>
</html>