HTML DOM createDocumentType() Method
The DOMImplementation createDocumentType() method returns a Doctype object which can either be used with DOMImplementation createDocument() method for document creation or can be put into the document.
Syntax:
var doctype = document.implementation.createDocumentType(qualifiedNameStr, publicId, systemId);
Parameters:
- qualifiedNameStr: It is a DOMString containing the qualified name
- publicId: It is a DOMString containing the PUBLIC identifier.
- systemId: It is a DOMString containing the SYSTEM identifiers.
Return Value: This function returns DOMDocumentType node.
Example: In this example, we will create a document type using this method.
html
</ html >
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
< html >
< head >
< meta charset="UTF-8">
< title >createDocumentType() method</ title >
</ head >
< body style="text-align:center;">
< h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< p id="a">
HTML | DOM createDocumentType() method
</ p >
< button onclick = "Geeks()">
Click Here
</ button >
< script >
function Geeks(){
var dt =
document.implementation.createDocumentType(
'svg:svg', null,
console.log(dt);
var doc = document.implementation.createDocument (
var head = document.createElementNS(
head.setAttribute('id', 'headDoc');
doc.documentElement.appendChild(head);
var body = document.createElementNS(
body.setAttribute('id', 'bodyDoc');
doc.documentElement.appendChild(body);
console.log(doc);
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before Button Click:
After Button Click: Created document and the doctype can be seen in the console.
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Firefox 1
- Safari 1
- Opera 12.1
- Internet Explorer 9
Last Updated :
12 Jul, 2022
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