Document.createNodeIterator()

Returns a new NodeIterator object.

Syntax

const nodeIterator = document.createNodeIterator(root[, whatToShow[, filter]]);

Values

root

The root node at which to begin the NodeIterator's traversal.

whatToShow Optional

Is an optional unsigned long representing a bitmask created by combining the constant properties of NodeFilter. It is a convenient way of filtering for certain types of node. It defaults to 0xFFFFFFFF representing the SHOW_ALL constant.

Constant	Numerical value	Description
`NodeFilter.SHOW_ALL`	`4294967295` (that is the max value of `unsigned long`)	Shows all nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_ATTRIBUTE`	`2`	Shows attribute `Attr` nodes. This is meaningful only when creating a `TreeWalker` with an `Attr` node as its root. In this case, it means that the attribute node will appear in the first position of the iteration or traversal. Since attributes are never children of other nodes, they do not appear when traversing over the document tree.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_CDATA_SECTION`	`8`	Shows `CDATASection` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_COMMENT`	`128`	Shows `Comment` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_DOCUMENT`	`256`	Shows `Document` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT`	`1024`	Shows `DocumentFragment` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_DOCUMENT_TYPE`	`512`	Shows `DocumentType` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT`	`1`	Shows `Element` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_ENTITY`	`32`	Legacy, no more usable.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_ENTITY_REFERENCE`	`16`	Legacy, no more usable.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_NOTATION`	`2048`	Legacy, no more usable.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION`	`64`	Shows `ProcessingInstruction` nodes.
`NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT`	`4`	Shows `Text` nodes.

filter Optional

An object implementing the NodeFilter interface. Its acceptNode() method will be called for each node in the subtree based at root which is accepted as included by the whatToShow flag to determine whether or not to include it in the list of iterable nodes (a simple callback function may also be used instead). The method should return one of NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT, NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT, or NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP. See the Example.

Example

const nodeIterator = document.createNodeIterator(
    document.body,
    NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
    {
      acceptNode(node) {
        return node.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'p' ? NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT : NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;
      }
    }
);
const pars = [];
let currentNode;

while (currentNode = nodeIterator.nextNode()) {
  pars.push(currentNode);
}

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard # dom-document-createnodeiterator

Browser compatibility

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