Node properties

Each node has properties that describe characteristics of that node. For example, a node's properties might include the name of the node, its children, its parent, its attributes, and other information that describes the node. The node kind determines which properties are present for specific nodes.

A node can have one or more of the following properties:

node-name

The name of the node, expressed as a QName.

parent

The node that is the parent of the current node.

type-name

The dynamic (run-time) type of the node (also known as the type annotation).

children

The sequence of nodes that are children of the current node.

attributes

The set of attribute nodes that belong to the current node.

string-value

A string value that can be extracted from the node.

typed-value

A sequence of zero or more atomic values that can be extracted from the node.

in-scope namespaces

The in-scope namespaces that are associated with the node.

content

The content of the node.