Re: getElementsByTagName

Paolo Casarini wrote:
> 
> If I have a readonly Document Node, and I call getElementByTagName on it,
> should I return a readonly Nodelist?
> 
> Is this right also for readonly Element Node?

Well, a NodeList is not really readonly. The Nodes contained in the NodeList
can be readonly. If you ask for the childrens of a readonly element node,
they will be readonly by definition [1]. So all the nodes contained in this
NodeList will be read only.

Philippe

[1]
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/glossary.html#dt-readonly-node

Received on Thursday, 22 March 2001 13:02:05 UTC