Thanks guys. I think the consensus is that it's not really doable or advisable. As always, you guys are a huge help. :)
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:50 AM, austincheney < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] > -- 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]
