BooleanNode.nodeType

BooleanNode.nodeType as Number

Summary

This is inherited from the Node object.

Usage Notes

The following are the standard DOM node type values. Each type is identified by its symbolic constant, followed by the raw value in parentheses.

Node.ELEMENT_NODE (1)

An element node

Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE (2)

An element attribute node

Node.TEXT_NODE (3)

A text node

Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE (4)

A CDATA section node

Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE (5)

An entity reference node

Node.ENTITY_NODE (6)

An entity node

Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE (7)

An XML processing instruction node

Node.COMMENT_NODE (8)

An XML comment node

Node.DOCUMENT_NODE (9)

A document node

Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE (10)

An XML document type node

Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE (11)

A document fragment node

Node.NOTATION_NODE (12)

A notation node

The following are MarkLogic's extended node type values.

Node.BINARY_NODE (13)

A binary node (binary documents)

Node.NULL_NODE (14)

A JSON null node

Node.BOOLEAN_NODE (15)

A JSON boolean node

Node.NUMBER_NODE (16)

A JSON number node

Node.ARRAY_NODE (17)

A JSON array node

Node.OBJECT_NODE (18)

A JSON object node

Example

function firstChildIsText(node) {
  return (node.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE);
};

firstChildIsText(
  fn.head(cts.doc("example.xml").xpath("./body/node()"));