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## org.w3c.dom
Interface NamedNodeMap

All Known Implementing Classes:
  NamedNodeMapImpl

public interface NamedNodeMap

Objects implementing the `NamedNodeMap` interface are used to represent collections of nodes that can be accessed by name. Note that `NamedNodeMap` does not inherit from `NodeList`; `NamedNodeMaps` are not maintained in any particular order. Objects contained in an object implementing `NamedNodeMap` may also be accessed by an ordinal index, but this is simply to allow convenient enumeration of the contents of a `NamedNodeMap`, and does not imply that the DOM specifies an order to these Nodes.

`NamedNodeMap` objects in the DOM are live.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification.

Method Summary
`int` | `getLength()` The number of nodes in this map.
`Node` | `getNamedItem(java.lang.String name)` Retrieves a node specified by name.
`Node` | `getNamedItemNS(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName)` Retrieves a node specified by local name and namespace URI.
`Node` | `item(int index)` Returns the `index`th item in the map.
`Node` | `removeNamedItem(java.lang.String name)` Removes a node specified by name.
`Node` | `removeNamedItemNS(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName)` Removes a node specified by local name and namespace URI.
`Node` | `setNamedItem(Node arg)` Adds a node using its `nodeName` attribute.
`Node` | `setNamedItemNS(Node arg)` Adds a node using its `namespaceURI` and `localName`.

Method Detail

### getNamedItem

    public Node getNamedItem(java.lang.String name)

  Retrieves a node specified by name.
  Parameters:
    `nameThe` - `nodeName` of a node to retrieve.
  Returns:
    A `Node` (of any type) with the specified `nodeName`, or `null` if it does not identify any node in this map.

### setNamedItem

    public Node setNamedItem(Node arg)
                      throws DOMException

  Adds a node using its `nodeName` attribute. If a node with that name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new one.
  As the `nodeName` attribute is used to derive the name which the node must be stored under, multiple nodes of certain types (those that have a "special" string value) cannot be stored as the names would clash. This is seen as preferable to allowing nodes to be aliased.
  Parameters:
    `argA` - node to store in this map. The node will later be accessible using the value of its `nodeName` attribute.
  Returns:
    If the new `Node` replaces an existing node the replaced `Node` is returned, otherwise `null` is returned.
  Throws:
    DOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if `arg` was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
    NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
    INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if `arg` is an `Attr` that is already an attribute of another `Element` object. The DOM user must explicitly clone `Attr` nodes to re-use them in other elements.

### removeNamedItem

    public Node removeNamedItem(java.lang.String name)
                         throws DOMException

  Removes a node specified by name. When this map contains the attributes attached to an element, if the removed attribute is known to have a default value, an attribute immediately appears containing the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable.
  Parameters:
    `nameThe` - `nodeName` of the node to remove.
  Returns:
    The node removed from this map if a node with such a name exists.
  Throws:
    DOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named `name` in this map.
    NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.

### item

    public Node item(int index)

  Returns the `index`th item in the map. If `index` is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in this map, this returns `null`.
  Parameters:
    `indexIndex` - into this map.
  Returns:
    The node at the `index`th position in the map, or `null` if that is not a valid index.

### getLength

    public int getLength()

  The number of nodes in this map. The range of valid child node indices is `0` to `length-1` inclusive.

### getNamedItemNS

    public Node getNamedItemNS(java.lang.String namespaceURI,
                               java.lang.String localName)

  Retrieves a node specified by local name and namespace URI. HTML-only DOM implementations do not need to implement this method.
  Parameters:
    `namespaceURIThe` - namespace URI of the node to retrieve.
    `localNameThe` - local name of the node to retrieve.
  Returns:
    A `Node` (of any type) with the specified local name and namespace URI, or `null` if they do not identify any node in this map.
  Since:
    DOM Level 2

### setNamedItemNS

    public Node setNamedItemNS(Node arg)
                        throws DOMException

  Adds a node using its `namespaceURI` and `localName`. If a node with that namespace URI and that local name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new one.
  HTML-only DOM implementations do not need to implement this method.
  Parameters:
    `argA` - node to store in this map. The node will later be accessible using the value of its `namespaceURI` and `localName` attributes.
  Returns:
    If the new `Node` replaces an existing node the replaced `Node` is returned, otherwise `null` is returned.
  Throws:
    DOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if `arg` was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
    NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
    INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if `arg` is an `Attr` that is already an attribute of another `Element` object. The DOM user must explicitly clone `Attr` nodes to re-use them in other elements.
  Since:
    DOM Level 2

### removeNamedItemNS

    public Node removeNamedItemNS(java.lang.String namespaceURI,
                                  java.lang.String localName)
                           throws DOMException

  Removes a node specified by local name and namespace URI. A removed attribute may be known to have a default value when this map contains the attributes attached to an element, as returned by the attributes attribute of the `Node` interface. If so, an attribute immediately appears containing the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable.
  HTML-only DOM implementations do not need to implement this method.
  Parameters:
    `namespaceURIThe` - namespace URI of the node to remove.
    `localNameThe` - local name of the node to remove.
  Returns:
    The node removed from this map if a node with such a local name and namespace URI exists.
  Throws:
    DOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node with the specified `namespaceURI` and `localName` in this map.
    NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
  Since:
    DOM Level 2

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