nodeType
NodeType (often accessed as nodeType) is a property used in tree-like data models to identify the kind of node an object represents. The most familiar usage occurs in the Document Object Model (DOM), where every node exposes a nodeType value that indicates its category as a numeric code. This enables code to distinguish between element nodes, text nodes, comments, and other node kinds without relying on names or content alone.
In the DOM, the nodeType property can take one of several constants, typically defined on the Node
The nodeType value is a read-only unsigned short that helps robust document traversal and manipulation. A typical
Beyond the HTML DOM, the concept of node type appears in XML processing APIs and other hierarchical