Document class

Document class

The Document represents the entire inline xbrl document. Conceptually, it is the root of the document tree, and provides the primary access to the document’s data.

Inheritance: DocumentNode

The Document type exposes the following members:

Constructors

ConstructorDescription
Document()

Properties

PropertyDescription
node_typeGets the node type.
parent_nodeGets the parent node.
base_uriGets the absolute base URI of this node or null if the implementation wasn’t able to obtain an absolute URI.
owner_documentGets the document object associated with this node.
child_nodesGets the child nodes.
node_nameGets the node name of the document.
node_valueGets or sets the value of this node, depending on its type.
text_contentGets or sets the the text content of this node and its descendants.
local_nameGets the local part of the qualified name of this node.
prefixGets or sets the namespace prefix of this node.
namespace_uriGets the namespace URI of this node.
has_child_nodesGets whether this node has any children.
previous_siblingGets the node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
next_siblingGets the node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
first_childGets the first child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
last_childGets the last child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
COMMENT_NODE
DOCUMENT_NODE
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
ELEMENT_NODE
PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE
TEXT_NODE
character_setGets the document’s encoding.
content_typeGets the document content type.
document_elementThis is a convenience attribute that allows direct access to the child node that is the document element of the document.
document_uriGets the document URI.
child_elementsGets the child elements.

Methods

MethodDescription
append_child(node)Adds the node newChild to the end of the list of children of this node.
remove_child(node)Removes the child node indicated by old child from the list of children.
replace_child(node, child)Replaces the child node old child with new child in the list of children, and returns the old child node.

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