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<!doctype html>
<html>
<head><meta charset=UTF-8>
<title>DOM Parsing and Serialization</title>
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<body>
<section id="abstract">
This specification defines APIs for the parsing and serializing of HTML and XML-based DOM nodes
for web applications.
</section>
<section id="sotd"></section>
<section id="crec" class="introductory">
<h2>Candidate Recommendation Exit Criteria</h2>
This specification will not advance to Proposed Recommendation before the spec's
<a href="http://w3c-test.org/domparsing/">test suite</a> is completed and two or more independent
implementations pass each test, although no single implementation must pass each test. We expect
to meet this criteria no sooner than 24 October 2014. The group will also create an
<a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/innerhtml/raw-file/tip/implementationReport.html">Implementation
Report</a>.
</section>
<section id="conformance" class=introductory>
<p>The IDL fragments in this specification must be interpreted as required for conforming IDL
fragments, as described in the Web IDL specification. [[!WEBIDL]]
<p>Requirements phrased in the imperative as part of algorithms (such as "strip any leading space
characters" or "return false and terminate these steps") are to be interpreted with the meaning of
the key word ("must", "should", "may", etc) used in introducing the algorithm.
<p>Conformance requirements phrased as algorithms or specific steps may be implemented in any
manner, so long as the end result is equivalent. (In particular, the algorithms defined in this
specification are intended to be easy to follow, and not intended to be performant.)
<p>User agents may impose implementation-specific limits on otherwise unconstrained inputs, e.g.
to prevent denial of service attacks, to guard against running out of memory, or to work around
platform-specific limitations.
<p>When a method or an attribute is said to call another method or attribute, the user agent must
invoke its internal API for that attribute or method so that e.g. the author can't change the
behavior by overriding attributes or methods with custom properties or functions in ECMAScript.
[[ECMA-262]]
<p>Unless otherwise stated, string comparisons are done in a <a>case-sensitive</a> manner.
<p>If an algorithm calls into another algorithm, any exception that is thrown by the latter
(unless it is explicitly caught), must cause the former to terminate, and the exception to be
propagated up to its caller.
</section>
<section class=introductory>
<h2>Extensibility</h2>
<p>Vendor-specific proprietary extensions to this specification are strongly discouraged. Authors
must not use such extensions, as doing so reduces interoperability and fragments the user base,
allowing only users of specific user agents to access the content in question.
<p>If vendor-specific extensions are needed, the members should be prefixed by vendor-specific
strings to prevent clashes with future versions of this specification. Extensions must be defined
so that the use of extensions neither contradicts nor causes the non-conformance of functionality
defined in the specification.
<p>When vendor-neutral extensions to this specification are needed, either this specification can
be updated accordingly, or an extension specification can be written that overrides the
requirements in this specification. Such an extension specification becomes an
<dfn>applicable specification</dfn> for the purposes of conformance requirements in this
specification.
<!-- http://www.w3.org/mid/[email protected] -->
</section>
<section><h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>The term <dfn>context object</dfn> means the object on which the method or attribute being
discussed was called.
<p>The following terms are understood to represent their respective namespaces in this
specification:
<ul>
<li>The <dfn>HTML namespace</dfn> is <code>http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</code>
<li>The <dfn>XML namespace</dfn> is <code>http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</code>
<li>The <dfn>XMLNS namespace</dfn> is <code>http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/</code>
</ul>
</section><!-- end introduction -->
<section><h1>APIs for parsing and serializing DOM</h1>
<section><h2>The <code>DOMParser</code> interface</h2>
<pre class=idl>
[Constructor]
interface DOMParser {
[NewObject] Document parseFromString(DOMString str, SupportedType type);
};
enum SupportedType {
"text/html",
"text/xml",
"application/xml",
"application/xhtml+xml",
"image/svg+xml"
};
</pre>
<dl class=domintro>
<dt><var>document</var> = <var>domparser</var> . <a for=DOMParser>parseFromString</a>();</dt>
</dl>
<p>The <dfn><code>DOMParser</code></dfn> constructor must return a new <a>DOMParser</a> object.
<p>The
<code><dfn for=DOMParser>parseFromString</dfn>(<var>str</var>, <var>type</var>)</code></dfn>
method must run these steps, depending on <var>type</var>:
<dl class=switch>
<dt>"<dfn for=SupportedType><code>text/html</code></dfn>"
<dd>Parse <var>str</var> with an <code><a>HTML parser</a></code>, and return the newly created
<a>Document</a>.
<p>The <a>scripting flag</a> must be set to "disabled".
<p class=note><code><a>meta</a></code> elements are not taken into account for the encoding
used, as a Unicode stream is passed into the parser.
<p class=note><code><a>script</a></code> elements get marked unexecutable and the contents of
<code><a>noscript</a></code> get parsed as markup.
<dt>"<dfn for=SupportedType><code>text/xml</code></dfn>"
<dt>"<dfn for=SupportedType><code>application/xml</code></dfn>"
<dt>"<dfn for=SupportedType><code>application/xhtml+xml</code></dfn>"
<dt>"<dfn for=SupportedType><code>image/svg+xml</code></dfn>"
<dd>
<ol>
<li>Parse <var>str</var> with a namespace-enabled <code><a>XML parser</a></code>.
<p class=note>For all XHTML <code><a>script</a></code> elements parsed using the
<code><a>XML parser</a></code>, the equivalent of the <a>scripting flag</a> must be set to
"disabled".</p>
<li>If the previous step didn't return an error, return the newly created <a>Document</a>.
<li>Let <var>document</var> be a newly-created <a>XML Document</a>. <span class=note>The
<var>document</var> will use the <code><a>Document</a></code> interface rather than the
<code><a>XMLDocument</a></code> interface.</span>
<li>Let <var>root</var> be a new <code><a>Element</a></code>, with its <a>local name</a> set
to "<code>parsererror</code>" and its <a>namespace</a> set to
"<code>http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/xml/parsererror.xml</code>".
<p>At this point user agents may <a>append</a> nodes to <var>root</var>, for example to
describe the nature of the error.
<li><a>Append</a> <var>root</var> to <var>document</var>.
<li>Return the value of <var>document</var>.
</ol>
</dl>
<p>In any case, the returned <a>Document</a>'s <a>content type</a> must be the <var>type</var>
argument. Additionally, the <a>Document</a> must have a <a>URL</a> value equal to the URL of the
<a>active document</a>, and a <a>location</a> value of <code>null</code>.
<p class=note>The returned <a>Document</a>'s <a>encoding</a> is the default, UTF-8.
</section><!-- end DOMParser interface -->
<section><h2>The <code>XMLSerializer</code> interface</h2>
<pre class="idl">
[Constructor] interface XMLSerializer {
DOMString serializeToString(Node root);
};
</pre>
<p>The <dfn><code>XMLSerializer</code></dfn>() constructor must return a new <a>XMLSerializer</a>
object.
<p>The <dfn for="XMLSerializer"><code>serializeToString</code></dfn>(<var>root</var>) method must
produce an <a>XML serialization</a> of <var>root</var> passing a value of <code>false</code> for
the <a>require well-formed</a> parameter, and return the result.
</section><!-- end XMLSerializer interface -->
<section><h2>Extensions to the <code><a>Element</a></code> interface</h2>
<pre class="idl">
partial interface Element {
[CEReactions, TreatNullAs=EmptyString] attribute DOMString innerHTML;
[CEReactions, TreatNullAs=EmptyString] attribute DOMString outerHTML;
[CEReactions] void insertAdjacentHTML(DOMString position, DOMString text);
};
</pre>
<!-- innerHTML -->
<p>The <dfn for="Element"><code>innerHTML</code></dfn> IDL attribute represents the markup of the
<code><a>Element</a></code>'s contents.
<dl class=domintro>
<dt><var>element</var> . <a for="Element">innerHTML</a> [ = <var>value</var> ]
<dd>Returns a fragment of HTML or XML that represents the element's contents.
<p>Can be set, to replace the contents of the element with nodes parsed from the given string.
<p>In the case of an <a>XML document</a>, throws a "<code><a>InvalidStateError</a></code>"
<code><a>DOMException</a></code> if the <code><a>Element</a></code> cannot be serialized to XML,
or a "<code><a>SyntaxError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code> if the given string is
not well-formed.
</dl>
<p>On getting, return the result of invoking the <a>fragment serializing algorithm</a> on the
<a>context object</a> providing <code>true</code> for the <a>require well-formed</a> flag (this
might throw an exception instead of returning a string).
<p>On setting, these steps must be run:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>fragment</var> be the result of invoking the <a>fragment parsing algorithm</a> with
the new value as <var>markup</var>, and the <a>context object</a> as the
<var>context element</var>.
<li>If the <a>context object</a> is a <code><a>template</a></code> element, then let
<a>context object</a> be the <code><a>template</a></code>'s <a>template contents</a> (a
<code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code>).
<p class=note>Setting <a for="Element">innerHTML</a> on a <a>template</a> element will replace
all the nodes in its <a>template contents</a>
(<a>template</a>.<a data-lt="template contents">content</a>) rather than its <a>children</a>.</p>
<li><a>Replace all</a> with <var>fragment</var> within the <a>context object</a>.
</ol>
<!-- outerHTML -->
<p>The <dfn for="Element"><code>outerHTML</code></dfn> IDL attribute represents the markup of the
<code><a>Element</a></code> and its contents.
<dl class=domintro>
<dt><var>element</var> . <a for="Element">outerHTML</a> [ = <var>value</var> ]
<dd>Returns a fragment of HTML or XML that represents the element and its contents.
<p>Can be set, to replace the element with nodes parsed from the given string.
<p>In the case of an <a>XML document</a>, throws a "<code><a>InvalidStateError</a></code>"
<code><a>DOMException</a></code> if the element cannot be serialized to XML, or a
"<code><a>SyntaxError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code> if the given string is not
well-formed.
<p>Throws a "<code><a>NoModificationAllowedError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code>
if the parent of the element is a <code><a>Document</a></code>.
</dl>
<p>On getting, return the result of invoking the <a>fragment serializing algorithm</a> on a
fictional node whose only child is the <a>context object</a> providing <code>true</code> for the
<a>require well-formed</a> flag (this might throw an exception instead of returning a string).
<p>On setting, the following steps must be run:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>parent</var> be the <a>context object</a>'s <a>parent</a>.
<li>If <var>parent</var> is null, terminate these steps. There would be no way to obtain a
reference to the nodes created even if the remaining steps were run.
<li>If <var>parent</var> is a <code><a>Document</a></code>, throw a
"<code><a>NoModificationAllowedError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code>.
<li>If <var>parent</var> is a <code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code>, let <var>parent</var> be a
new <code><a>Element</a></code> with:
<ul>
<li><code>body</code> as its <a>local name</a>,
<li>The <a>HTML namespace</a> as its <a>namespace</a>, and
<li>The <a>context object</a>'s <a>node document</a> as its <a>node document</a>.
</ul>
<li>Let <var>fragment</var> be the result of invoking the <a>fragment parsing algorithm</a> with
the new value as <var>markup</var>, and <var>parent</var> as the <var>context element</var>.
<li><a>Replace</a> the <a>context object</a> with <var>fragment</var> within the
<a>context object</a>'s <a>parent</a>.
</ol>
<!-- insertAdjacentHTML -->
<dl class=domintro>
<dt><var>element</var> . <a for="Element">insertAdjacentHTML</a>(<var>position</var>, <var>text</var>)
<dd>Parses the given string <var>text</var> as HTML or XML and inserts the resulting nodes into
the tree in the position given by the <var>position</var> argument, as follows:
<dl>
<dt>"beforebegin"
<dd>Before the element itself.
<dt>"afterbegin"
<dd>Just inside the element, before its first child.
<dt>"beforeend"
<dd>Just inside the element, after its last child.
<dt>"afterend"
<dd>After the element itself.
</dl>
<p>Throws a "<code><a>SyntaxError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code> if the arguments
have invalid values (e.g., in the case of an <a>XML document</a>, if the given string is not
well-formed).
<p>Throws a "<code><a>NoModificationAllowedError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code> if
the given position isn't possible (e.g. inserting elements after the root element of a
<code><a>Document</a></code>).
</dl>
<p>The
<dfn for="Element" data-lt="insertAdjacentHTML"><code>insertAdjacentHTML(<var>position</var>, <var>text</var>)</code></dfn>
method must run these steps:
<ol>
<li>Use the first matching item from this list:
<dl class=switch>
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>beforebegin</code>"
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>afterend</code>"
<dd>Let <var>context</var> be the <a>context object</a>'s <a>parent</a>.
<p>If <var>context</var> is null or a <a>Document</a>, throw a
"<code><a>NoModificationAllowedError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code>.
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>afterbegin</code>"
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>beforeend</code>"
<dd>Let <var>context</var> be the <a>context object</a>.
<dt>Otherwise
<dd>Throw a "<code><a>SyntaxError</a></code>" <code><a>DOMException</a></code>.
</dl>
<li>If <var>context</var> is not an <code><a>Element</a></code> or the following are all true:
<ul>
<li><var>context</var>'s <a>node document</a> is an <a>HTML document</a>,
<li><var>context</var>'s <a>local name</a> is "<code>html</code>", and
<li><var>context</var>'s <a>namespace</a> is the <a>HTML namespace</a>;
</ul>
<p>let <var>context</var> be a new <code><a>Element</a></code> with
<ul>
<li><code>body</code> as its <a>local name</a>,
<li>The <a>HTML namespace</a> as its <a>namespace</a>, and
<li>The <a>context object</a>'s <a>node document</a> as its <a>node document</a>.
</ul>
<li>Let <var>fragment</var> be the result of invoking the <a>fragment parsing algorithm</a> with
<var>text</var> as <var>markup</var>, and <var>context</var> as the <var>context element</var>.
<li>Use the first matching item from this list:
<dl class=switch>
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>beforebegin</code>"
<dd><a>Insert</a> <var>fragment</var> into the <a>context object</a>'s <a>parent</a> before
the <a>context object</a>.
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>afterbegin</code>"
<dd><a>Insert</a> <var>fragment</var> into the <a>context object</a> before its
<a>first child</a>.
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>beforeend</code>"
<dd><a>Append</a> <var>fragment</var> to the <a>context object</a>.
<dt>If <var>position</var> is an <a>ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string
"<code>afterend</code>"
<dd><a>Insert</a> <var>fragment</var> into the <a>context object</a>'s <a>parent</a> before
the <a>context object</a>'s <a>next sibling</a>.
</dl>
</ol>
<p class=note>No special handling for <code><a>template</a></code> elements is included in the
above "<code>afterbegin</code>" and "<code>beforeend</code>" cases. As with other direct
<a>Node</a>-manipulation APIs (and unlike <a for="Element">innerHTML</a>),
<a for="Element">insertAdjacentHTML</a> does not include any special handling for
<code><a>template</a></code> elements. In most cases you will wish to use
<a>template</a>.<a data-lt="template contents">content</a>.<a for="Element">insertAdjacentHTML</a>
instead of directly manipulating the <a>child nodes</a> of a <code><a>template</a></code>
element.</p>
</section><!-- end Extensions to the Element interface -->
<section><h2>Extensions to the <code><a>Range</a></code> interface</h2>
<pre class="idl">
partial interface Range {
[CEReactions, NewObject] DocumentFragment createContextualFragment(DOMString fragment);
};
</pre>
<dl class=domintro>
<dt><var>docFragment</var> = <var>range</var> . <a for="Range">createContextualFragment</a>(<var>markupString</var>)
<dd>Returns a <code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code>, created from the markup string given.
</dl>
<p>The <dfn for="Range"><code>createContextualFragment(<var>fragment</var>)</code></dfn> method
must run these steps:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>node</var> be the <a>context object</a>'s <a>start node</a>.
<p>Let <var>element</var> be as follows, depending on <var>node</var>'s interface:
<dl class=switch>
<dt><code><a>Document</a></code>
<dt><code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code>
<dd>null
<dt><code><a>Element</a></code>
<dd><var>node</var>
<dt><code><a>Text</a></code>
<dt><code><a>Comment</a></code>
<dd><var>node</var>'s <a>parent</a>
<dt><code><a>DocumentType</a></code>
<dt><code><a>ProcessingInstruction</a></code>
<dd>[[DOM4]] prevents this case.
</dl>
<li>If either <var>element</var> is null or the following are all true:
<ul>
<li><var>element</var>'s <a>node document</a> is an <a>HTML document</a>,
<li><var>element</var>'s <a>local name</a> is "<code>html</code>", and
<li><var>element</var>'s <a>namespace</a> is the <a>HTML namespace</a>;
</ul>
<p>let <var>element</var> be a new <a>Element</a> with
<ul>
<li>"<code>body</code>" as its <a>local name</a>,
<li>The <a>HTML namespace</a> as its <a>namespace</a>, and
<li>The <a>context object</a>'s <a>node document</a> as its <a>node document</a>.
</ul>
<li>Let <var>fragment node</var> be the result of invoking the <a>fragment parsing algorithm</a>
with <var>fragment</var> as <var>markup</var>, and <var>element</var> as the
<var>context element</var>.
<li>Unmark all scripts in <var>fragment node</var> as "already started".
<li>Return the value of <var>fragment node</var>.
</ol>
</section><!-- end Extensions to the Range interface -->
<!-- Dropping this extention as it is not implemented, nor does it appear that any browser
is currently interested in supporting it. Perhaps it can come back in a V2 of this spec
if browsers become interested.
<section><h2>Extensions to the <code><a>Text</a></code> interface</h2>
<pre class="idl">
partial interface Text {
attribute boolean serializeAsCDATA;
};
</pre>
<dl class=domintro>
<dt><var>text</var> . <a for="Text">serializeAsCDATA</a> [ = <var>value</var> ]
<dd>Controls whether, in XML, this node is serialized as a CDATA section.
</dl>
<p><code><a>Text</a></code> nodes have an additional associated flag, the
<dfn>serialize as CDATA flag</dfn>.
<p>The <dfn for="Text"><code>serializeAsCDATA</code></dfn> attribute must return true if the
<a>context object</a> has its <a>serialize as CDATA flag</a> set, or false otherwise.
<p>Setting the <a for="Text">serializeAsCDATA</a> attribute must, if the new value is true, set
the <a>context object</a>'s <a>serialize as CDATA flag</a>, or unset it otherwise.
</section><!-- end Extensions to the Text interface -->
</section><!-- end APIs for DOM Parsing and Serializing -->
<section><h1>Algorithms for parsing and serializing</h1>
<section><h2>Parsing</h2>
<p>The following steps form the <dfn>fragment parsing algorithm</dfn>, whose arguments are a
<var>markup</var> string and a <var>context element</var>:
<ol>
<li>If the <var>context element</var>'s <a>node document</a> is an <a>HTML document</a>: let
<var>algorithm</var> be the <a>HTML fragment parsing algorithm</a>.
<p>If the <var>context element</var>'s <a>node document</a> is an <a>XML document</a>: let
<var>algorithm</var> be the <a>XML fragment parsing algorithm</a>.
<li>Let <var>new children</var> be the result of invoking <var>algorithm</var> with
<var>markup</var> as the <var>input</var>, and <var>context element</var> as the
<var><a>context</a></var> element.
<li>Let <var>fragment</var> be a new <code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code> whose
<a>node document</a> is <var>context element</var>'s <a>node document</a>.
<li><a>Append</a> each <a>Node</a> in <var>new children</var> to <var>fragment</var> (in
<a>tree order</a>).
<p class=note>This ensures the <a>node document</a> for the new <a>nodes</a> is correct.</p>
<li>Return the value of <var>fragment</var>.
</ol>
</section><!-- end Parsing -->
<section><h2>Serializing</h2>
<p>The following steps form the <dfn>fragment serializing algorithm</dfn>, whose arguments are a
<code><a>Node</a></code> <var>node</var> and a flag <dfn>require well-formed</dfn>:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>context document</var> be the value of <var>node</var>'s <a>node document</a>.
<li>If <var>context document</var> is an <a>HTML document</a>, return an
<a>HTML serialization</a> of <var>node</var>.
<li>Otherwise, <var>context document</var> is an <a>XML document</a>; return an
<a>XML serialization</a> of <var>node</var> passing the flag <var>require well-formed</var>.
<p class=note>The <a>XML serialization</a> defined in this document conforms to the requirements
of the <a>XML fragment serialization algorithm</a> defined in [[HTML5]].</p>
</ol>
<p>To produce an <dfn>HTML serialization</dfn> of a <code><a>Node</a></code> <var>node</var>, the
user agent must run the <a>HTML fragment serialization algorithm</a> on <var>node</var> and return
the string produced.
<section><h2>XML Serialization</h2>
<p>An <a>XML serialization</a> differs from an <a>HTML serialization</a> in the following ways:
<ul>
<li><a>Elements</a> and <a data-lt="attribute">attributes</a> will always be serialized such
that their namespaceURI is preserved. In some cases this means that an existing prefix, prefix
declaration attribute or default namespace declaration attribute might be dropped, substituted
or changed. An <a>HTML serialization</a> does not attempt to preserve the namespaceURI.
<li><a>Elements</a> not in the <a>HTML namespace</a> containing no <a>children</a>, are
serialized using the <a>empty-element tag</a> syntax (i.e., according to the XML
<a>EmptyElemTag</a> production).
</ul>
<p>Otherwise, the algorithm for producing an <a>XML serialization</a> is designed to produce a
serialization that is compatible with the <a>HTML parser</a>. For example, elements in the
<a>HTML namespace</a> that contain no <a>child nodes</a> are serialized with an explicit begin and
end tag rather than using the <a>empty-element tag</a> syntax.
<p class=note>Per [[DOM4]], <code><a>Attr</a></code> objects do not inherit from <a>Node</a>, and
thus cannot be serialized by the <a>XML serialization algorithm</a>. An attempt to serialize an
<a>Attr</a> object will result in a <code><a>TypeError</a></code> exception.
<p>To produce an <dfn>XML serialization</dfn> of a <code><a>Node</a></code> <var>node</var> given
a flag <var>require well-formed</var>, run the following steps:
<ol>
<li>Let <dfn>context namespace</dfn> be <code>null</code>. The <a>context namespace</a> is
changed when a <var>node</var> serializes a different default namespace definition from its
parent. The algorithm assumes no namespace to start.
<li>Let <dfn>namespace prefix map</dfn> be a new map for associating <code>namespaceURI</code>
and namespace <code>prefix</code> pairs, where <code>namespaceURI</code> values are the map's
keys, and <code>prefix</code> values are the map's key values. The <a>namespace prefix map</a>
will be populated by previously seen namespaceURIs and their most recent prefix associations
for a subtree.
<p class=note><strong>Note:</strong> the <a>namespace prefix map</a> only associates a single
prefix value with a given namespaceURI. During serialization, if different namespace prefixes
are found that map to the same namespaceURI, the last one encountered "wins" by replacing the
existing key value in the map with the new prefix value.</p>
<li>Initialize the <a>namespace prefix map</a> with the <a>XML namespace</a> key and string
"<code>xml</code>" as the key value.
<li>Let <dfn>generated namespace prefix index</dfn> be an integer with a value of
<code>1</code>. The <a>generated namespace prefix index</a> is used to generate a new unique
prefix value when no suitable existing namespace prefix is available to serialize a
<var>node</var>'s namespaceURI (or the namespaceURI of one of <var>node</var>'s attributes).
<span class=note>See the <a>generate a prefix</a> algorithm.</span>
<li>Return the result of running the <a>XML serialization algorithm</a> on <var>node</var>
passing the <a>context namespace</a>, <a>namespace prefix map</a>,
<a>generated namespace prefix index</a> reference, and the flag <var>require well-formed</var>.
If an <dfn data-lt="throw an exception">exception</dfn> occurs during the execution of the
algorithm, then catch that exception and throw an "<code><a>InvalidStateError</a></code>"
<code><a>DOMException</a></code>.
</ol>
<p>Each of the following algorithms for <dfn>producing an XML serialization of a DOM node</dfn>
take as input a <var>node</var> to serialize and the following arguments:
<ul>
<li>A <a>context namespace</a>
<li>A <a>namespace prefix map</a>
<li>A <a>generated namespace prefix index</a>
<li>The <var>require well-formed</var> flag
</ul>
<p>The <dfn>XML serialization algorithm</dfn>
<a data-lt="producing an XML serialization of a DOM node">produces an XML serialization of an arbitrary DOM node</a>
<var>node</var> based on the <var>node</var>'s interface type. Each referenced algorithm is
to be passed the arguments as they were recieved by the caller and return their result to the
caller. Re-throw any exceptions. If <var>node</var>'s interface is:</p>
<dl class=switch>
<dt><code><a>Element</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing an Element node</a> <var>node</var>.
<dt><code><a>Document</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a Document node</a> <var>node</var>.
<dt><code><a>Comment</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a Comment node</a> <var>node</var>.
<!--<dt><code><a>CDATASection</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a CDATASection node</a> <var>node</var>.-->
<dt><code><a>Text</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a Text node</a> <var>node</var>.
<dt><code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a DocumentFragment node</a> <var>node</var>.
<dt><code><a>DocumentType</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a DocumentType node</a> <var>node</var>.
<dt><code><a>ProcessingInstruction</a></code>
<dd>Run the algorithm for <a>XML serializing a ProcessingInstruction node</a> <var>node</var>.
</dl>
Each of the above referenced algorithms are detailed in the sections that follow <var>node</var>.
<section><h2><dfn>XML serializing an Element node</dfn></h2>
The algorithm for <a>producing an XML serialization of a DOM node</a> of type <a>Element</a> is as
follows:
<ol>
<!-- "namespace" was passed via the caller, it's the default namespace scope -->
<!-- "prefix map" was passed via the caller, it's the namespace->prefix map -->
<!-- "prefix index" was passed via the caller, it's a number for generating prefixes if necessary -->
<!-- "require well-formed" was passed via the caller, it's a flag (true/false) for whether certain validation steps should be taken during serialization. -->
<li>If the <a>require well-formed</a> flag is set (its value is <code>true</code>), and this
<var>node</var>'s <code><a>localName</a></code> attribute contains the character
"<code>:</code>" (U+003A COLON) or does not match the XML <a>Name</a> production, then
<a>throw an exception</a>; the serialization of this <var>node</var> would not be a
well-formed element.
<li>Let <var>markup</var> be the string "<code><</code>" (U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN).
<li>Let <var>qualified name</var> be an empty string.
<li>Let a <var>skip end tag</var> flag have the value <code>false</code>.
<li>Let an <var>ignore namespace definition attribute</var> flag have the value
<code>false</code>.
<li>Let <var>map</var> be a copy of the <var>prefix map</var>.
<li>Let <var>element prefixes list</var> be an empty list. <span class=note>This list is
local to each element. Its purpose is to ensure that there are no conflicting prefixes should
a new namespace prefix attribute need to be generated.</span>
<li>Let <var>duplicate prefix definition</var> be <code>null</code>.
<li>Let <var>local default namespace</var> be the result of
<a>recording the namespace information</a> for <var>node</var> given <var>map</var>,
<var>element prefixes list</var>, and <var>duplicate prefix definition</var>.
<p class="note">This above step will update the <var>map</var> with any found namespace prefix
definitions, add the found prefix definitions to the <var>element prefixes list</var>,
optionally set the <var>duplicate prefix definition</var> value, and return a local default
namespace value defined by a default namespace attribute if one exists. Otherwise it returns
<code>null</code>.</p>
<li>Let <var>inherited ns</var> be a copy of <var>namespace</var>.
<li>Let <var>ns</var> be the value of <var>node</var>'s
<code><a data-lt="element namespaceURI">namespaceURI</a></code> attribute.
<li>If <var>inherited ns</var> is equal to <var>ns</var>, then:
<ol>
<li>If <var>local default namespace</var> is not <code>null</code>, then set <var>ignore
namespace definition attribute</var> to <code>true</code>.
<li>If <var>ns</var> is the <a>XML namespace</a>, then let <var>qualified name</var> be the
concatenation of the string "<code>xml:</code>" and the value of <var>node</var>'s
<code><a>localName</a></code>.
<li>Otherwise, let <var>qualified name</var> be the value of <var>node</var>'s
<code><a>localName</a></code>. <span class=note>The <var>node</var>'s prefix is always
dropped.</span>
<li>Append the value of <var>qualified name</var> to <var>markup</var>.
</ol>
<li>Otherwise, <var>inherited ns</var> is not equal to <var>ns</var> (the <var>node</var>'s
own namespace is different from the context namespace of its parent). Run these sub-steps:
<!-- The serialization algorithm must differentiate this node's namespace from it's parent's default
namespace. There are two ways to do this: (1) [preferred due to assumed minimum length] use a
namespace prefix if one is available or (2) use a default namespace declaration. Both cases can
run into conflicts with existing attributes on the element and are handled accordingly. -->
<ol>
<li>Let <var>prefix</var> be the value of <var>node</var>'s
<code><a data-lt="element prefix">prefix</a></code> attribute.
<li>Let <var>candidate prefix</var> be a value from <var>map</var> where there exists a key
in <var>map</var> that matches the value of <var>ns</var> or if there is no such key, then
let <var>candidate prefix</var> be <code>null</code>.
<!-- Found a suitable prefix to use, either locally, or inherited through a parent node that
matches the node's namespaceURI. This prefix will be used in serialization even if the node
doesn't have a real prefix. -->
<li>If <var>candidate prefix</var> is not <code>null</code> (a suitable namespace prefix is
defined which maps to <var>ns</var>), then:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>qualified name</var> be the concatenation of <var>candidate prefix</var>,
"<code>:</code>" (U+003A COLON), and <var>node</var>'s <code> <a>localName</a></code>.
<span class="note">There exists on this <var>node</var> or the <var>node</var>'s ancestry
a namespace prefix definition that defines the <var>node</var>'s namespace.</span>
<li>If <var>local default namespace</var> is not <code>null</code> (there exists a
locally-defined default namespace declaration attribute), then let <var>inherited ns</var>
get the value of <var>ns</var>.
<li>Append the value of <var>qualified name</var> to <var>markup</var>.
</ol>
<!-- Now there's no existing namespace->prefix mapping to override; try to use a prefix: -->
<li>Otherwise, if <var>prefix</var> is not <code>null</code> and
<var>local default namespace</var> is <code>null</code>, then:
<ol>
<li>If the <var>element prefixes list</var> contains the value of <var>prefix</var>, then
let <var>prefix</var> be the result of <a>generating a prefix</a> providing as input the
<a>namespace prefix map</a> <var>map</var>, <var>node</var>'s <var>ns</var> string, and
the <var>prefix index</var> integer.
<li>Otherwise, append to <var>map</var> a new key <var>ns</var> whose key value is
<var>prefix</var>.
<!-- Prefix is now either real or generated, and added to the map. -->
<li>Let <var>qualified name</var> be the concatenation of <var>prefix</var>,
"<code>:</code>" (U+003A COLON), and <var>node</var>'s <code><a>localName</a></code>.
<li>Append the value of <var>qualified name</var> to <var>markup</var>.
<li>Append the following to <var>markup</var>, in the order listed: <span class="note">The
following serializes the new namespace/prefix association just added to the
<var>map</var>.</span>
<ol>
<li>"<code> </code>" (U+0020 SPACE);
<li>The string "<code>xmlns:</code>";
<li>The value of <var>prefix</var>;
<li>"<code>="</code>" (U+003D EQUALS SIGN, U+0022 QUOTATION MARK);
<li>The result of <a>serializing an attribute value</a> given <var>ns</var> and the
<a>require well-formed</a> flag as input;
<li>"<code>"</code>" (U+0022 QUOTATION MARK).
</ol>
</ol>
<!-- Giving up on the prefix route, try to use a default namespace instead (stomping on an existing
one if necessary) and dropping the node's prefix -->
<li>Otherwise, if <var>local default namespace</var> is <code>null</code>, or
<var>local default namespace</var> is not <code>null</code> and its value is not equal to
<var>ns</var>, then:
<ol>
<li>Set the <var>ignore namespace definition attribute</var> flag to <code>true</code>.
<li>Let <var>qualified name</var> be the value of <var>node</var>'s
<code><a>localName</a></code>.
<li>Let the value of <var>inherited ns</var> be <var>ns</var>. <span class="note">The new
default namespace will be used in the serialization to define this <var>node</var>'s
namespace and act as the context namespace for its <a>children</a>.</span>
<li>Append the value of <var>qualified name</var> to <var>markup</var>.
<li>Append the following to <var>markup</var>, in the order listed: <span class="note">The
following serializes the new (or replacement) default namespace definition.</span>
<ol>
<li>"<code> </code>" (U+0020 SPACE);
<li>The string "<code>xmlns</code>";
<li>"<code>="</code>" (U+003D EQUALS SIGN, U+0022 QUOTATION MARK);
<li>The result of <a>serializing an attribute value</a> given <var>ns</var> and the
<a>require well-formed</a> flag as input;
<li>"<code>"</code>" (U+0022 QUOTATION MARK).
</ol>
</ol>
<!-- Finally, regardless of prefix, the node has a local default namespace that matches 'ns'.
So, we'll just use that and drop the prefix -->
<li>Otherwise, the <var>node</var> has a <var>local default namespace</var> that matches
<var>ns</var>. Let <var>qualified name</var> be the value of <var>node</var>'s
<code><a>localName</a></code>, let the value of <var>inherited ns</var> be <var>ns</var>,
and append the value of <var>qualified name</var> to <var>markup</var>.
</ol>
<li>Append to <var>markup</var> the result of the
<a data-lt="XML serialization of the attributes">XML serialization of <var>node</var>'s
attributes</a> given the <a>namespace prefix map</a> <var>map</var>, the
<a>generated namespace prefix index</a> <var>prefix index</var>, the flag
<var>ignore namespace definition attribute</var> and the value of
<var>duplicate prefix definition</var>.
<li>If <var>ns</var> is the <a>HTML namespace</a>, and the <var>node</var>'s list of
<a>children</a> is empty, and the <var>node</var>'s <code><a>localName</a></code> matches any
one of the following <a>void elements</a>:
"<code>area</code>",
"<code>base</code>",
"<code>basefont</code>",
"<code>bgsound</code>",
"<code>br</code>",
"<code>col</code>",
"<code>embed</code>",
"<code>frame</code>",
"<code>hr</code>",
"<code>img</code>",
"<code>input</code>",
"<code>keygen</code>",
"<code>link</code>",
"<code>menuitem</code>",
"<code>meta</code>",
"<code>param</code>",
"<code>source</code>",
"<code>track</code>",
"<code>wbr</code>";
then append the following to <var>markup</var>, in the order listed:
<ol>
<li>"<code> </code>" (U+0020 SPACE);
<li>"<code>/</code>" (U+002F SOLIDUS).
</ol>
and set the <var>skip end tag</var> flag to <code>true</code>.
<li>If <var>ns</var> is not the <a>HTML namespace</a>, and the <var>node</var>'s list of
<a>children</a> is empty, then append "<code>/</code>" (U+002F SOLIDUS) to <var>markup</var>
and set the <var>skip end tag</var> flag to <code>true</code>.
<li>Append "<code>></code>" (U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN) to <var>markup</var>.
<li>If the value of <var>skip end tag</var> is <code>true</code>, then return the value of
<var>markup</var> and skip the remaining steps. The <var>node</var> is a leaf-node.
<li>If <var>ns</var> is the <a>HTML namespace</a>, and the <var>node</var>'s
<code><a>localName</a></code> matches the string "<code>template</code>", then this is a
<code><a>template</a></code> element. Append to <var>markup</var> the result of running the
<a>XML serialization algorithm</a> on the <a>template</a> element's <a>template contents</a>
(a <code><a>DocumentFragment</a></code>), providing the value of <var>inherited ns</var> for
the <a>context namespace</a>, <var>map</var> for the <a>namespace prefix map</a>,
<var>prefix index</var> for the <a>generated namespace prefix index</a>, and the value of the
<var>require well-formed</var> flag. <span class="note">This allows <a>template contents</a> to
round-trip , given the rules for <a>parsing XHTML documents</a>.</span>
<li>Otherwise, append to <var>markup</var> the result of running the
<a>XML serialization algorithm</a> on each of <var>node</var>'s <a>children</a>, in
<a>tree order</a>, providing the value of <var>inherited ns</var> for the
<a>context namespace</a>, <var>map</var> for the <a>namespace prefix map</a>,
<var>prefix index</var> for the <a>generated namespace prefix index</a>, and the value of the
<var>require well-formed</var> flag.
<li>Append the following to <var>markup</var>, in the order listed:
<ol>
<li>"<code></</code>" (U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN, U+002F SOLIDUS);
<li>The value of <var>qualified name</var>;
<li>"<code>></code>" (U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN).
</ol>
<li>Return the value of <var>markup</var>.
</ol>
<section><h2>Recording the namespace</h2>
<p>When <dfn>recording the namespace information</dfn> for an <code><a>Element</a></code>
<var>element</var>, given a <a>namespace prefix map</a> <var>map</var>, an
<var>element prefixes list</var> (initially empty), and a <var>duplicate prefix definition</var>
reference, the user agent must run the following steps:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>default namespace attr value</var> be <code>null</code>.
<li><dfn>Main</dfn>: For each <a>attribute</a> <var>attr</var> in <var>element</var>'s
<code><a>attributes</a></code>, in the order they are specified in the <var>element</var>'s
<a>attribute list</a>:
<p class="note">The following conditional steps add namespace prefixes into the
<var>element prefixes list</var> and add or replace them in the <var>map</var>. Only attributes
in the <a>XMLNS namespace</a> are considered (e.g., attributes made to look like namespace
declarations via <code><a>setAttribute</a>(<em>"xmlns:pretend-prefix"</em>,
<em>"pretend-namespace"</em>)</code> are not included).</p>
<ol>
<li>Let <var>attribute namespace</var> be the value of <var>attr</var>'s
<code><a>namespaceURI</a></code> value.
<li>Let <var>attribute prefix</var> be the value of <var>attr</var>'s
<code><a>prefix</a></code>.
<li>If the <var>attribute namespace</var> is the <a>XMLNS namespace</a>, then:
<ol>
<li>If <var>attribute prefix</var> is <code>null</code>, then <var>attr</var> is a default
namespace declaration. Set the <var>default namespace attr value</var> to <var>attr</var>'s
<code><a>value</a></code> and stop running these steps, returning to <a>Main</a> to visit
the next attribute.
<li>Otherwise, the <var>attribute prefix</var> is not <code>null</code> and <var>attr</var>
is a namespace prefix definition. Run the following steps:
<ol>
<li>Let <var>prefix definition</var> be the value of <var>attr</var>'s
<code><a data-lt="attr localName">localName</a></code>.
<li>Let <var>namespace definition</var> be the value of <var>attr</var>'s
<code><a>value</a></code>.
<li>If a key matching the value of <var>namespace definition</var> already exists in
<var>map</var>, and the key's value matches <var>prefix definition</var>, then this is a
duplicate namespace prefix definition. Set the value of
<var>duplicate prefix definition</var> to <var>prefix definition</var>.
<li>Otherwise, if the key matching the value of <var>namespace definition</var> already
exists in <var>map</var>, but the key's value does not match <var>prefix definition</var>,
then update the key's value to be <var>prefix definition</var>.
<li>Otherwise, no key matching the value of <var>namespace definition</var> exists;
append to <var>map</var> a new key <var>namespace definition</var> whose key value is the
<var>prefix definition</var>.
<li>Append the value of <var>prefix definition</var> to <var>element prefixes list</var>.
</ol>
</ol>
</ol>