An HTMLCollection is a list of nodes. An individual node may
be accessed by either ordinal index or the node'sname or
id attributes. Note: Collections in the HTML DOM are assumed
to be live meaning that they are automatically updated when the
underlying document is changed.
Method Summary
int
getLength()
This attribute specifies the length or size of the list.
This method retrieves a Node using a name. It first
searches for a Node with a matching id
attribute. If it doesn't find one, it then searches for a
Node with a matching name attribute, but
only on those elements that are allowed a name attribute.
Parameters:
name - The name of the Node to be fetched.
Returns:
The Node with a name or
id attribute whose value corresponds to the specified
string. Upon failure (e.g., no node with this name exists), returns
null .