XML DOM Objects/Interfaces

This part of the XML Document Object Model (DOM) reference describes the programming object syntax.

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The first table lists the core objects/interfaces. The second table lists the implemented objects/interfaces.

XML DOM Core Objects/Interfaces

The following objects/interfaces represent implementations of the XML DOM core objects/interfaces. The objects/interfaces include Microsoft extensions to support the following items and operations: namespaces, data types, XML schemas, Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), XSL Transformations (XSLT) operations, asynchronous loading, and the saving of documents.

IXMLDOMDocument/DOMDocument	Represents the top node of the XML DOM tree.
IXMLDOMDocument2	An extension of DOMDocument. This extension supports schema caching and runtime validation, and provides a way to switch on XML Path Language (XPath) support.
IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap	Enables iteration and access, by name, to the collection of attributes. IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap includes support for namespaces.
IXMLDOMNode	Represents a single node in the document tree. IXMLDOMNode is the base interface for accessing data in the XML object model. This interface includes support for data types, namespaces, document type definitions (DTDs), and XML schemas.
IXMLDOMNodeList	Enables iteration and indexed access operations on the live collection of IXMLDOMNode.
IXMLDOMParseError	Returns detailed information about the last error, including the error number, the line number, the character position, and a text description.
IXMLHTTPRequest	Provides client-side protocol support for communication with HTTP servers.

XML DOM Implemented Objects/Interfaces

The following table represents implementations of other XML DOM interfaces.

IServerXMLHTTPRequest/ServerXMLHTTP	Provides methods and properties that enable you to establish an HTTP connection between files or objects on different Web servers. This interface is derived from IXMLHTTPRequest.
IXMLDOMAttribute	Represents an attribute.
IXMLDOMCDATASection	Quotes or escapes blocks of text so that text is not interpreted as markup language.
IXMLDOMCharacterData	Provides text manipulation methods that are used by several objects.
IXMLDOMComment	Represents the content of an XML comment.
IXMLDOMDocumentFragment	Represents a lightweight object that is useful for tree insertion operations.
IXMLDOMDocumentType	Contains information associated with the document type declaration.
IXMLDOMElement	Represents the element.
IXMLDOMEntity	Represents a parsed or unparsed entity in the XML document.
IXMLDOMEntityReference	Represents an entity reference node.
IXMLDOMImplementation	Provides methods that are independent of any particular instance of the document object model.
IXMLDOMNotation	Contains a notation declared in the DTD or schema.
IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction	Represents a processing instruction. XML defines this instruction to keep processor-specific information in the text of the document.
XMLSchemaCache	Represents a set of namespace URIs.
IXMLDOMSchemaCollection/XMLSchemaCache	Represents a SchemaCache object.
IXMLDOMSchemaCollection2/XMLSchemaCache	An extension of IXMLDOMSchemaCollection.
IXMLDOMSelection	Represents a list of nodes that match an XPath or XSL Patterns expression.
IXMLDOMText	Represents the text content of an element or attribute.
IXSLProcessor	Used for performing transformations with cached XSL templates.
IXSLTemplate	Represents a cached XSL style sheet.

For a list of all valid node types, see XML DOM Enumerated Constants.

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Implementing header files

If you have Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 or Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 installed, you can download the interface header files from MSDN®.

To download the header files

Under Web & Internet Samples TOC, click Headers and Libraries.
Click Internet Explorer 5.01 Headers & Libraries or Internet Explorer 5.5 Headers & Libraries. Then follow the on-screen instructions to download these headers and libraries. Save them to C:\Workshop.
Repeat step 2 for Win32 Headers & Libraries for Windows 2000.
Start Visual C++. On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Directories tab, and then add C:\Workshop\Include and C:\Workshop\Include\NT5 to the top of the Directories list.
In the Show Directories for box, select Library files.
Add C:\Workshop\Lib and C:\Workshop\Lib\NT5 to the top of the Directories list.

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