Module java.xml
Package org.w3c.dom

Interface Document

All Superinterfaces:
Node

public interface Document extends Node
The Document interface represents the entire HTML or XML document. Conceptually, it is the root of the document tree, and provides the primary access to the document's data.

Since elements, text nodes, comments, processing instructions, etc. cannot exist outside the context of a Document, the Document interface also contains the factory methods needed to create these objects. The Node objects created have a ownerDocument attribute which associates them with the Document within whose context they were created.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification.

Since:
1.4, DOM Level 2