Re: getElementsByTagName

>In the specification:
>
>"Parameters
>   tagname
>      The name of the tag to match on. If the string "*" is given, this
method will
>      return all elements in the document"
>
>Does it really mean that "*" returns all elements in the Document, even the
elements in the
>parent chain of the element instance, or does it mean all elements
descending the
>element instance?


That is just an error in the doc.  It will be fixed in the next release.

>Also: I presume that the method is recursive, please tell me if i am wrong.


That is an implementation issue.

Don

Received on Friday, 7 August 1998 13:25:50 UTC