Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on XML DOM. In this tutorial, we will be discussing about the XML DOM Element Object removeAttribute Method.
The XML DOM removeAttribute Method is used in specifying that the attribute value is removed from the element.
The XML DOM removeAttribute Method is used in specifying that the attribute value is removed from the element.
Syntax
The following below is the syntax to use the Element Object removeAttribute method -
elementObj.removeAttribute(name)
Parameter Details
| S.No. | Parameter & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | name It holds the name of the attribute to retrieve. |
Return Value
This method removes the specified name of the tag.
Example
Following are the node.xml contents -
<?xml version = "1.0"?> <Company> <Employee category = "Technical"> <FirstName>Kennedy</FirstName> <LastName>Nkpara</LastName> <ContactNo>1234567890</ContactNo> <Email>[email protected]</Email> </Employee> <Employee category = "Non-Technical"> <FirstName>Justice</FirstName> <LastName>Douglas</LastName> <ContactNo>1234667898</ContactNo> <Email>[email protected]</Email> </Employee> <Employee category = "Management"> <FirstName>Stephanie</FirstName> <LastName>Francis</LastName> <ContactNo>1234562350</ContactNo> <Email>[email protected]</Email> </Employee> </Company>
The below example illustrates the usage of the Element Object removeAttribute method -
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script> function loadXMLDoc(filename) { if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else // code for IE5 and IE6 { xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } xhttp.open("GET",filename,false); xhttp.send(); return xhttp.responseXML; } </script> </head> <body> <script> xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("/dom/node.xml"); x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('Employee'); document.write("Before removing the attribute: "); document.write(x[1].getAttribute('category')); document.write("<br>"); x[1].removeAttribute('category'); document.write("After removing the attribute: "); document.write(x[1].getAttribute('category')); </script> </body> </html>
Output
Save this file as elementmethod_removeattribute.html on the server's path (this file and node.xml should be on the same path in your server). This is going to give us the following output below -
Before removing the attribute: non-technical After removing the attribute: null
Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we will be studying about the Element Object removeAttributeNS method.
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