XML DOM inputEncoding Property
Document Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the XML encoding, standalone attribute, and XML version of the document:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
"XML encoding: " + xmlDoc.xmlEncoding +
"<br>XML standalone: " + xmlDoc.xmlStandalone +
"<br>XML version: " + xmlDoc.xmlVersion +
"<br>Encoding used when parsing: " + xmlDoc.inputEncoding;
}
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
"XML encoding: " + xmlDoc.xmlEncoding +
"<br>XML standalone: " + xmlDoc.xmlStandalone +
"<br>XML version: " + xmlDoc.xmlVersion +
"<br>Encoding used when parsing: " + xmlDoc.inputEncoding;
}
Output:
XML encoding: UTF-8
XML standalone: false
XML version: 1.0
Encoding when parsing: UTF-8
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XML standalone: false
XML version: 1.0
Encoding when parsing: UTF-8
Definition and Usage
The inputEncoding property returns the encoding used for the document (when parsing).
Syntax
documentObject.inputEncoding
Document Object
