NodeIterator.expandEntityReferences - Web APIs
the nodeiterator.expandentityreferences read-only property returns a boolean flag indicating whether or not the children of entity reference nodes are visible to the nodeiterator.
... syntax expand = nodeiterator.expandentityreferences; example var nodeiterator = document.createnodeiterator( document.body, nodefilter.show_element, { acceptnode: function(node) { return nodefilter.filter_accept; } }, false ); expand = nodeiterator.expandentityreferences; specifications specification status comment document object model (dom) level 2 traversal and range specificationthe definition of 'nodeiterator.expandentityreferences' in that specification.

TreeWalker.expandEntityReferences - Web APIs
the treewalker.expandentityreferences read-only property returns a boolean flag indicating whether or not the children of entity reference nodes are visible to the treewalker.
... syntax expand = treewalker.expandentityreferences; example var treewalker = document.createtreewalker( document.body, nodefilter.show_element, { acceptnode: function(node) { return nodefilter.filter_accept; } }, false ); expand = treewalker.expandentityreferences; specifications document object model (dom) level 2 traversal and range specificationthe definition of 'treewalker.expandentityreferences' in that specification.

Document.createEntityReference() - Web APIs
specifications createentityreference ...

Browser Feature Detection - Archive of obsolete content
document.createdocumentfragment() true true true document.createtextnode() true true true document.createcomment() true true true document.createcdatasection() true false true document.createprocessinginstruction() true false true document.createattribute() true true true document.createentityreference()obsolete since gecko 7 (method present but only returns null: bug 9850) false false document.getelementsbytagname() true true true dom core level 2 support for properties/methods in document name firefox 1.5 ie 6 & 7 opera 8.54 - 9.01 document.doctype true true true document.implementation true true true ...
... document.createdocumentfragment() true true true document.createtextnode() true true true document.createcomment() true true true document.createcdatasection() true false true document.createprocessinginstruction() true false true document.createattribute() true true true document.createentityreference()obsolete since gecko 7 true false false document.getelementsbytagname() true true true document.importnode() true false true document.createelementns() true false true document.createattributens() true false true document.getelementsbytagnamens() true false true document.getelementbyid() ...
...', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createelement', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createdocumentfragment', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createtextnode', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createcomment', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createcdatasection', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createprocessinginstruction', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createattribute', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createentityreference', 'supported': false}, {name: 'getelementsbytagname', 'supported': false} ], 'domhtml': [ {name: 'documentelement', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createelement', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createdocumentfragment', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createtextnode', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createcomment', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createattribute', 'supported': false}, {nam...
...', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createelement', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createdocumentfragment', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createtextnode', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createcomment', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createcdatasection', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createprocessinginstruction', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createattribute', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createentityreference', 'supported': false}, {name: 'getelementsbytagname', 'supported': false}, {name: 'importnode', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createelementns', 'supported': false}, {name: 'createattributens', 'supported': false}, {name: 'getelementsbytagnamens', 'supported': false}, {name: 'getelementbyid', 'supported': false} ], 'domcss1': [ {name: 'background', 'supported': false}, {name: 'b...

Document.createTreeWalker() - Web APIs
syntax document.createtreewalker(root, whattoshow[, filter[, entityreferenceexpansion]]); parameters root a root node of this treewalker traversal.
... nodefilter.show_entity_reference 16 shows entityreference nodes.
... entityreferenceexpansion optional a boolean flag indicating if when discarding an entityreference its whole sub-tree must be discarded at the same time.
... living standard removed the expandentityreferences parameter.

Index - Web APIs
884 document.createentityreference() api, dom, method, obsolete, reference prior to gecko 7.0 this method showed up as present, due to bug bug 9850, it always only returned null.
... 2743 nodeiterator.expandentityreferences api, dom, deprecated, nodeiterator, property the nodeiterator.expandentityreferences read-only property returns a boolean flag indicating whether or not the children of entity reference nodes are visible to the nodeiterator.
... 4324 treewalker.expandentityreferences api, dom, obsolete, property, treewalker the treewalker.expandentityreferences read-only property returns a boolean flag indicating whether or not the children of entity reference nodes are visible to the treewalker.

NodeIterator - Web APIs
nodefilter.show_entity_reference 16 shows entityreference nodes.
... nodeiterator.expandentityreferences read only is a boolean indicating if, when discarding an entityreference its whole sub-tree must be discarded at the same time.
... removed the expandentityreferences property.

TreeWalker - Web APIs
nodefilter.show_entity_reference 16 shows entityreference nodes.
... treewalker.expandentityreferences read only is a boolean indicating, when discarding an entityreference its whole sub-tree must be discarded at the same time.
... living standard removed the expandentityreferences property.

IsDefaultNamespace - Archive of obsolete content
mespaceuri); } if (node.attributes.length) { for (var i=0; i < node.attributes.length; i++) { var att = node.attributes[i]; if (att.localname === 'xmlns') { return att.value === namespaceuri; } } } if (node.parentnode) { // entityreferences may have to be skipped to get to it return isdefaultnamespace(node.parentnode, namespaceuri); } else { return false; // unknown; } case 9: // document_node return isdefaultnamespace(node.documentelement, namespaceuri); case 6: // entity_node case 12: // notation_node case 10: // docume...
...nt_type_node case 11: // document_fragment_node return false; // unknown case 2: // attribute_node: if (node.ownerelement ) { return isdefaultnamespace(node.ownerelement , namespaceuri); } else { return false; // unknown } default: if (node.parentnode) { // entityreferences may have to be skipped to get to it return isdefaultnamespace(node.parentnode, namespaceuri); } else { return false; // unknown } } } ...

LookupNamespaceURI - Archive of obsolete content
& prefix == null) { // default namespace if (att.value) { return att.value; } return null; // unknown } } } if (node.parentnode && node.parentnode.nodetype !== 9) { // entityreferences may have to be skipped to get to it return lookupnamespaceurihelper(node.parentnode, prefix); } return null; case 9: // document_node return lookupnamespaceurihelper(node.documentelement, prefix); case 6: // entity_node case 12: // notation_node case 10: // document_type_node ...
... if (node.ownerelement) { return lookupnamespaceurihelper(node.ownerelement, prefix); } return null; // unknown default: // text_node (3), cdata_section_node (4), entity_reference_node (5), // processing_instruction_node (7), comment_node (8) if (node.parentnode) { // entityreferences may have to be skipped to get to it return lookupnamespaceurihelper(node.parentnode, prefix); } return null; // unknown } }; } }()); ...

LookupPrefix - Archive of obsolete content
ri, node.documentelement); case 6: // node.entity_node case 12: // node.notation_node case 11: // node.document_fragment_node case 10: // node.document_type_node return null; // type is unknown case 2: // node.attribute_node if (node.ownerelement) { return _lookupnamespaceprefix(namespaceuri, node.ownerelement); } return null; default: if (node.parentnode) { // entityreferences may have to be skipped to get to it return _lookupnamespaceprefix(namespaceuri, node.parentnode); } return null; } } // private function for lookupprefix only function _lookupnamespaceprefix (namespaceuri, originalelement) { var xmlnspattern = /^xmlns:(.*)$/; if (originalelement.namespaceuri && originalelement.namespaceuri === namespaceuri && originalelement.prefix && originale...
...r ie which doesn't support localname if (localname.indexof(':') !== -1) { // for firefox when in html mode localname = localname.substr(att.name.indexof(':')+1); } if ( xmlnspattern.test(att.name) && att.value === namespaceuri && lookupnamespaceuri(originalelement, localname) === namespaceuri ) { return localname; } } } if (originalelement.parentnode) { // entityreferences may have to be skipped to get to it return _lookupnamespaceprefix(namespaceuri, originalelement.parentnode); } return null; } ...

Document.createNodeIterator() - Web APIs
nodefilter.show_entity_reference 16 shows entityreference nodes.
... note: prior to gecko 12.0 (firefox 12.0 / thunderbird 12.0 / seamonkey 2.9), this method accepted an optional fourth parameter (entityreferenceexpansion) that is not part of the dom4 specification, and has therefore been removed.

Gecko FAQ - Gecko Redirect 1
lements the ability to turn off author styles the names of certain mozilla extension pseudo-classes lack the moz- prefix css 2 - partial support is expected and has already been built into gecko, including support for css2 positioning, but no commitment has been made to achieve a specific level of support dom level 0 level 1 core: full support making entityreferences available through dom1; per a provision of the dom1 spec for xml implementations, entities will be automatically expanded inline and therefore not available through dom1; our implementation extrapolates this provision to apply to entityreferences as well for more information, see the dom in mozilla level 1 html dom 2 - most of it has already been implemented in gecko, includi...

Document - Web APIs
document.createentityreference() creates a new entity reference object and returns it.

Document Object Model (DOM) - Web APIs
it is uncertain whether some may be reintroduced in the future or not, but for the time being they should be considered obsolete and should be avoided: documenttouch domconfiguration domerrorhandler domimplementationlist domimplementationregistry domimplementationsource domlocator domobject domsettabletokenlist domuserdata elementtraversal entity entityreference namelist notation typeinfo userdatahandler html dom a document containing html is described using the document interface, which is extended by the html specification to include various html-specific features.