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Defined Constants of DBMS_XMLDOM

The constants listed in Table 84-2 are defined for DBMS_XMLDOM. For example, when a request such as getNodeType(myNode) is made, the returned type will be one of the following constants.

Table 84-2: Defined Constants for DBMS_XMLDDOM

Constant	Description
ELEMENT_NODE	The Node is an Element.
ATTRIBUTE_NODE	The Node is an Attribute.
TEXT_NODE	The Node is a Text node.
CDATA_SECTION_NODE	The Node is a CDataSection.
ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE	The Node is an Entity Reference.
ENTITY_NODE	The Node is an Entity.
PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE	The Node is a Processing Instruction.
COMMENT_NODE	The Node is a Comment.
DOCUMENT_NODE	The Node is a Document.
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE	The Node is a Document Type Definition.
DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE	The Node is a Document fragment.
NOTATION_NODE	The Node is a Notation.