document-type.md

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xmlua.DocumentType

xmlua.DocumentType class

Summary

It's a class for document type node.

Normaly, you can get document type object by xmlua.Document:create_document_type.

Example:

local xmlua = require("xmlua")

local document = xmlua.XML.build({"root"})
local document_type = -- -> xmlua.DocumentType
  document:create_document_type()

It has methods of the following modules:

• xmlua.Node: Provides common methods of each nodes.

It means that you can use methods in the modules.

Instance methods

name() -> string {#name}

It returns name of the root element as string.

Example:

local xmlua = require("xmlua")

local document = xmlua.XML.build({})
local document_type =
  document:create_document_type("root",
                                "-//test//This is test//EN"
                                "//sample.dtd")
print(document_type:name())
-- root

external_id() -> string {#external_id}

It returns public id of external subset as string.

Example:

local xmlua = require("xmlua")

local document = xmlua.XML.build({})
local document_type =
  document:create_document_type("root",
                                "-//test//This is test//EN"
                                "//sample.dtd")
print(document_type:external_id())
-- -//test//This is test//EN

system_id() -> string {#system_id}

It returns of external file name as string.

Example:

local xmlua = require("xmlua")

local document = xmlua.XML.build({})
local document_type =
  document:create_document_type("root",
                                "-//test//This is test//EN"
                                "//sample.dtd")
print(document_type:system_id())
-- //sample.dtd

See also

• xmlua.Document: The class for HTML document and XML document.

• xmlua.Node: Provides common methods of each nodes.