As far as I know there are two DOM methods available to access the doctype.
1) document.doctype 2) document.childNodes[0], or document.childNodes[1] if there is a preceding <?xml declaration While both methods appear to be cross browser they also appear to be read only. Furthermore the toSource method returns an empty object. Any preceding <?xml elements appear to be even more difficult to access since, at least in Firefox, this node is returned as node type 'comment' so as to disallow further DOM access. This said, documents appear to be significantly more secure from unauthorized access if core definitions are supplied as XML instructions above the doctype. Austin Cheney, CISSP http://prettydiff.com/ -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
