DOMImplementation: createDocument() method

{{ApiRef("DOM")}}

The DOMImplementation.createDocument() method creates and returns an {{domxref("XMLDocument")}}.

Syntax

createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, documentType)

Parameters

• namespaceURI
  • : A string containing the namespace URI of the document to be created, or null if the document doesn't belong to one.
• qualifiedName
  • : A string containing the qualified name, that is an optional prefix and colon plus the local root element name, of the document to be created. A null value is treated the same as the empty string ("").
• documentType {{optional_inline}}
  • : Is the {{domxref("DocumentType")}} of the document to be created. It defaults to null.

Return value

The newly-created {{domxref("XMLDocument")}}.

Examples

const doc = document.implementation.createDocument(
  "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
  "html",
  null,
);
const body = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "body");
body.setAttribute("id", "abc");
doc.documentElement.appendChild(body);
alert(doc.getElementById("abc")); // [object HTMLBodyElement]

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• The {{domxref("DOMImplementation")}} interface it belongs to.