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[inline] > > Also: > > Isn't: > > NodeList getElementsByTagName(java.lang.String tagname); > > a degenerated form of : > > NodeList getNodes(scheme, expression, currentNode) > Similar...but getElementsByTagName only returns Element nodes by name where XPath expressions are capable of returning all *core* node types, not just element nodes. It really makes sense to have the API available on the Node interface because relative expressions can be applied to all *core* node types (element, attribute, text, comment, pi). > Currently getElementsByTagName resides in Document > interface. > Yes, but it also exists in the Element interface (it's just in Document for convenience). If this API is in the Node interface, it's available everywhere. -aaron *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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