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XML DOM - The CDATASection Object

The CDATASection object represents a CDATA section in a document.

Examples

In the examples below, we will use the XML file books.xml, and the JavaScript function loadXMLDoc().

createCDATASection() - Create a CDATA section node

The CDATASection object

The CDATASection object represents a CDATA section in a document.

A CDATA section contains text that will NOT be parsed by a parser. Tags inside a CDATA section will NOT be treated as markup and entities will not be expanded. The primary purpose is for including material such as XML fragments, without needing to escape all the delimiters.

The only delimiter that is recognized in a CDATA section is "]]>" - which indicates the end of the CDATA section. CDATA sections cannot be nested.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard)

CDATASection Object Properties

Property	Description	IE	F	O	W3C
data	Sets or returns the text of this node	6	1	No	Yes
length	Returns the length of the CDATA section	6	1	No	Yes

CDATASection Object Methods

Method	Description	IE	F	O	W3C
appendData()	Appends data to the node	6	1	No	Yes
deleteData()	Deletes data from the node	6	1	No	Yes
insertData()	Inserts data into the node	6	1	No	Yes
replaceData()	Replaces data in the node	6	1	No	Yes
splitText()	Splits the CDATA node into two nodes	6	1	No
substringData()	Extracts data from the node	6	1	No	Yes

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