| Microsoft XML SDK 2.6 - XML Reference |  |
| Microsoft XML SDK 2.6 - XML Reference | |
Returns the definition of the node in the DTD or schema.
objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.definition
Object. The property is read-only. Returns the node that contains the definition for the entity referenced.
The definition property is not supported when using in-line schemas. This behavior is by design because the node being referenced may be deleted or modified after the document is loaded, which would yield unpredictable results.
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE | Returns the node for the entity referenced; that is, the ENTITY element that was defined for a given ENTITYREF. Given the ENTITYREF &x;, for example, the definition property returns the node in the DOCTYPE node's entity collection that defines the corresponding ENTITY: <!ENTITY x "y">. |
| NODE_ENTITY | For unparsed entities, returns the NOTATION definition from the DOCTYPE node's notation collection. For example, given the ENTITY <!ENTITY networth SYSTEM "networth.xls" NDATA XLS>, the definition property returns the node corresponding to the notation <!NOTATION XLS PUBLIC "http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/">. For parsed entities, returns Null. |
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE | Returns the XML-Data Schema AttributeType for a given ATTRIBUTE node. For example, the definition property for the attribute myAttribute="123" returns the node corresponding to the element <AttributeType name= "myAttribute"> in the schema. Returns Null when a DTD is used or when no schema is present. |
| NODE_ELEMENT | Returns the XML-Data Schema ElementType for a given ELEMENT node. For example, given the element <myelement>, the definition property returns the node <ElementType name="myelement"> in the specified external schema. Returns Null when a DTD is used or when no schema is present. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT | Returns Null. |
This member is an extension of the W3C DOM.
Applies To: XMLDOMAttribute Object | XMLDOMCDATASection Object | XMLDOMCharacterData Object | XMLDOMComment Object | DOMDocument Object | XMLDOMDocumentFragment Object | XMLDOMDocumentType Object | XMLDOMElement Object | XMLDOMEntity Object | XMLDOMEntityReference Object | XMLDOMNode Object | XMLDOMNotation Object | XMLDOMProcessingInstruction Object | XMLDOMText Object | XTLRuntime Object