Methods in DOM Level 2 Core

name	of object	returns	description
appendChild(newChild)	Node	Node
appendData(arg)	CharacterData	(none)
cloneNode(deep)	Node	Node	Return a new copy of the node.
createAttribute(name)	Document	Attr
createAttributeNS(namespaceURI,qualifiedName)	Document	Attr
createCDATASection(data)	Document	CDATASection
createComment(data)	Document	Comment
createDocument(namespaceURI,qualifiedName,doctype)	DOMImplementation	Document
createDocumentFragment()	Document	DocumentFragment
createDocumentType(qualifiedName,publicId,systemId)	DOMImplementation	DocumentType
createElement(tagName)	Document	DocumentFragment
createElementNS(namespaceURI,qualifiedName)	Document	Element
createEntityReference(name)	Document	EntityReference
createProcessingInstruction(target,data)	Document	ProcessingInstruction
createTextNode([data])	Document	Text	Create a new Text node, with optional content.
deleteData(offset,count)	CharacterData	(none)
getAttribute(name)	Element	String
getAttributeNode(name)	Element	Attr
getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Element	Attr
getAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Element	String
getElementById(elementId)	Document	Element
getElementsByTagName(tagname)	Document	NodeList
getElementsByTagName(name)	Element	NodeList
getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Document	NodeList
getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Element	NodeList
getNamedItem(name)	NamedNodeMap	Node
getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI,localName)	NamedNodeMap	Node
hasAttribute(name)	Element	Boolean
hasAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Element	Boolean
hasAttributes()	Node	Boolean
hasChildNodes()	Node	Boolean
hasFeature(feature,version)	DOMImplementation	Boolean
importNode(importedNode,deep)	Document	Node	Imports a node from another document to this document.
insertBefore(newChild,refChild)	Node	Node
insertData(offset,arg)	CharacterData	(none)
isSupported(feature,version)	Node	Boolean
item(index)	NodeList	Node
item(index)	NamedNodeMap	Node
normalize()	Node	(none)
removeAttribute(name)	Element	(none)
removeAttributeNode(oldAttr)	Element	Attr
removeAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)	Element	(none)
removeChild(oldChild)	Node	Node
removeNamedItem(name)	NamedNodeMap	Node
removeNamedItemNS(namespaceURI,localName)	NamedNodeMap	Node
replaceChild(newChild,oldChild)	Node	Node
replaceData(offset,count,arg)	CharacterData	(none)
setAttribute(name,value)	Element	(none)
setAttributeNode(newAttr)	Element	Attr
setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr)	Element	Attr
setAttributeNS(namespaceURI,qualifiedName,value)	Element	(none)
setNamedItem(arg)	NamedNodeMap	Node
setNamedItemNS(arg)	NamedNodeMap	Node
splitText(offset)	Text	Text
substringData(offset,count)	CharacterData	String