HTMLCollection JDK 1.6)

Description

public interface HTMLCollection

An HTMLCollection is a list of nodes.

An HTMLCollection is a list of nodes. An individual node may be accessed by either ordinal index or the node'sname or id attributes. Note: Collections in the HTML DOM are assumed to be live meaning that they are automatically updated when the underlying document is changed.

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public int getLength ()

This attribute specifies the length or size of the list.

public Node item (int index)

This method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index.

This method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index. Nodes are
numbered in tree order (depth-first traversal order).
Returns: The Node at the corresponding position upon success. A value of null is returned if the index is out of range.
Parameters:
- index - The index of the node to be fetched. The index origin is 0.

public Node namedItem (String name)

This method retrieves a Node using a name.

This method retrieves a Node using a name. It first
searches for a Node with a matching id
attribute. If it doesn't find one, it then searches for a
Node with a matching name attribute, but
only on those elements that are allowed a name attribute.
Returns: The Node with a name or id attribute whose value corresponds to the specified string. Upon failure (e.g., no node with this name exists), returns null .
Parameters:
- name - The name of the Node to be fetched.