Revision 1043124 of XMLDocument

<p>{{ ApiRef("DOM") }} {{SeeCompatTable}}</p>

<p>The <strong>XMLDocument</strong> interface represent an XML document. It inherits from the generic {{domxref("Document")}} and does not add any specific methods or properties to it: nevertheless, several algorithms behave differently with the two types of documents.</p>

<h2 id="Property">Property</h2>

<p><em>This interface has no specific property and doesn't inherit any.</em></p>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<p><em>This interface doesn't inherit any method.</em></p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("XMLDocument.load()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Loads an XML document.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("HTML WHATWG", 'dom.html#xmldocument', "Extension to XMLDocument")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("HTML5 W3C")}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("HTML5 W3C", "dom.html#loading-xml-documents", "Extension to XMLDocument")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>Adds the <code>load()</code> method.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM WHATWG', '#xmldocument', 'XMLDocument')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>load()</code></td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>load()</code></td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/DOM/DOM_Reference" title="/en-US/docs/DOM/DOM_Reference">The DOM interfaces index.</a></li>
</ul>