parentNode Property

Contains the parent node.

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode;

HRESULT get_parentNode(
  IXMLDOMNode** parent
);

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.

Value	Description
NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT	Returns Null; these nodes do not have parents.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION	Returns the element or entity reference containing the CDATA section.
NODE_COMMENT	Returns the element, entity reference, document type, or document containing the comment.
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE	Returns the document node.
NODE_ELEMENT	Returns the parent node of the element. If the element is the root node in the tree, the parent is the document node. If the node is the document node, parentNode is Null.
NODE_ENTITY	Returns the document type node.
NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE	Returns the element, attribute, or entity reference containing the entity reference.
NODE_NOTATION	Returns the document type node.
NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION	Returns the document, element, document type, or entity reference containing the processing instruction.
NODE_TEXT	Returns the parent element, attribute, or entity reference.

This property is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:

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