D Document Object Model for MathML

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D Document Object Model for MathML
D.1 IDL Interfaces
   D.1.1 Miscellaneous Object Definitions
      D.1.1.1 MathMLDOMImplementation
      D.1.1.2 MathMLDocument
      D.1.1.3 MathMLNodeList
   D.1.2 Generic MathML Elements
      D.1.2.1 MathMLElement
      D.1.2.2 MathMLContainer
      D.1.2.3 MathMLMathElement
      D.1.2.4 MathMLSemanticsElement
      D.1.2.5 MathMLAnnotationElement
      D.1.2.6 MathMLXMLAnnotationElement
   D.1.3 Presentation Elements
      D.1.3.1 MathMLPresentationElement
      D.1.3.1 Leaf Presentation Element Interfaces
         D.1.3.1.1 MathMLGlyphElement
         D.1.3.1.2 MathMLSpaceElement
      D.1.3.2 Presentation Token Element Interfaces
         D.1.3.2.1 MathMLPresentationToken
         D.1.3.2.2 MathMLOperatorElement
         D.1.3.2.3 MathMLStringLitElement
      D.1.3.3 Presentation Container Interfaces
         D.1.3.3.1 MathMLPresentationContainer
         D.1.3.3.2 MathMLStyleElement
         D.1.3.3.3 MathMLPaddedElement
         D.1.3.3.4 MathMLFencedElement
         D.1.3.3.5 MathMLEncloseElement
         D.1.3.3.6 MathMLActionElement
      D.1.3.4 Presentation Schemata Interfaces
         D.1.3.4.1 MathMLFractionElement
         D.1.3.4.2 MathMLRadicalElement
         D.1.3.4.3 MathMLScriptElement
         D.1.3.4.4 MathMLUnderOverElement
         D.1.3.4.5 MathMLMultiScriptsElement
         D.1.3.4.6 MathMLTableElement
         D.1.3.4.7 MathMLTableRowElement
         D.1.3.4.8 MathMLLabeledRowElement
         D.1.3.4.9 MathMLTableCellElement
         D.1.3.4.10 MathMLAlignGroupElement
         D.1.3.4.11 MathMLAlignMarkElement
   D.1.4 Content Elements
      D.1.4.1 MathMLContentElement
      D.1.4.1 Content Token Interfaces
         D.1.4.1.1 MathMLContentToken
         D.1.4.1.2 MathMLCnElement
         D.1.4.1.3 MathMLCiElement
         D.1.4.1.4 MathMLCsymbolElement
      D.1.4.2 Content Container Interfaces
         D.1.4.2.1 MathMLContentContainer
         D.1.4.2.2 MathMLApplyElement
         D.1.4.2.3 MathMLFnElement
         D.1.4.2.4 MathMLLambdaElement
         D.1.4.2.5 MathMLSetElement
         D.1.4.2.6 MathMLListElement
         D.1.4.2.7 MathMLBvarElement
      D.1.4.3 Content Leaf Element Interfaces
         D.1.4.3.1 MathMLPredefinedSymbol
      D.1.4.4 Other Content Element Interfaces
         D.1.4.4.1 MathMLIntervalElement
         D.1.4.4.2 MathMLConditionElement
         D.1.4.4.3 MathMLDeclareElement
         D.1.4.4.4 MathMLVectorElement
         D.1.4.4.5 MathMLMatrixElement
         D.1.4.4.6 MathMLMatrixrowElement
         D.1.4.4.7 MathMLPiecewiseElement
         D.1.4.4.8 MathMLCaseElement
D.2 MathML DOM Tables
   D.2.1 Chart of MathML DOM Inheritance
   D.2.2 Table of Elements and MathML DOM Representations

The following sections describe the interfaces that have been defined in the Document Object Model for MathML. Please refer to Chapter 8 [Document Object Model for MathML] for more information.

Bindings for IDL, Java and ECMAScript are located in Appendix E [MathML Document Object Model Bindings].

D.1 IDL Interfaces

D.1.1 Miscellaneous Object Definitions

Interface MathMLDOMImplementation

Extends: DOMImplementation

This interface extends the DOMImplementation interface by adding a method to create a MathMLDocument.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLDOMImplementation: DOMImplementation {
  MathMLDocument createMathMLDocument();
};

Methods

createMathMLDocument

Creates a MathMLDocument with a minimal tree containing only a MathMLMathElement corresponding to a MathML math element. The MathMLMathElement is empty, having no child elements or non-default attributes; it is the root element of the document, and is the element accessed via the documentElement attribute of the MathMLDocument. Note that a MathMLDocument object should only be created for a stand-alone MathML document.

Return value

MathMLDocument

The MathMLDocument created.

This method raises no exceptions.

Interface MathMLDocument

Extends: Document

This interface extends the Document interface to add access to document properties relating to navigation. The documentElement attribute for a MathMLDocument should be the MathMLMathElement representing the top-level math element which is the root of the document.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLDocument: Document {
  readonly attribute DOMString referrer;
  readonly attribute DOMString domain;
  readonly attribute DOMString URI;
};

Attributes

referrer of type DOMString , readonly

The URI of the page that linked to this document, if available. This is null if the user navigated directly to the page. If this is not a stand-alone MathML document (e.g. is embedded in an XHTML document), this may be retrieved from the parent Document if available.

domain of type DOMString , readonly

The domain name of the server that served the document, or null if the server cannot be identified by a domain name, or if it is not available. If this is not a stand-alone MathML document (e.g. is embedded in an XHTML document), this may be retrieved from the parent Document if available.

URI of type DOMString , readonly

The complete URI of this document. This is null if this is not a stand-alone MathML document.

Interface MathMLNodeList

Extends: NodeList

This interface is provided as a specialization of the NodeList interface. The child Nodes of this NodeList must be MathMLElements or Text nodes.

Note that MathMLNodeLists are frequently used in the DOM as values of readonly attributes, encapsulating, for instance, various collections of child elements. When used in this way, these objects are always understood to be live, in the sense that changes to the document are immediately reflected in them.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLNodeList: NodeList {
};

D.1.2 Generic MathML Elements

Interface MathMLElement

Extends: Element

All MathML element interfaces derive from this object, which derives from the basic DOM interface Element.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLElement: Element {
  attribute DOMString className;
  attribute DOMString mathElementStyle;
  attribute DOMString id;
  attribute DOMString xref;
  attribute DOMString href;
  readonly attribute MathMLMathElement ownerMathElement;
};

Attributes

className of type DOMString

The class attribute of the element. See the discussion elsewhere in this document of the class attribute; see also the HTML definition of this attribute.

mathElementStyle of type DOMString

A string identifying the element's style attribute.

id of type DOMString

The element's identifier. See the discussion elsewhere in this document of the id attribute; see also the HTML definition.

xref of type DOMString

The xref attribute of the element. See the discussion elsewhere in this document of the xref attribute.

href of type DOMString

The xlink:href attribute of the element. See the discussion elsewhere in this document of the xlink:href attribute; see also the definition of this attribute in the XLink specification.

ownerMathElement of type MathMLMathElement , readonly

The MathMLMathElement corresponding to the nearest math element ancestor of this element. Should be null if this element is a top-level math element.

Interface MathMLContainer

This is an abstract interface containing functionality required by MathML elements that may contain arbitrarily many child elements. No elements are directly supported by this interface; all instances are instances of either MathMLPresentationContainer , MathMLContentContainer , or MathMLMathElement .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLContainer {
  readonly attribute unsigned long nArguments;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList arguments;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList declarations;
  MathMLElement getArgument(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLElement setArgument(in MathMLElement newArgument, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLElement insertArgument(in MathMLElement newArgument, in unsigned long index);
  void deleteArgument(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLElement removeArgument(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLDeclareElement getDeclaration(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLDeclareElement setDeclaration(in MathMLDeclareElement newDeclaration, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLDeclareElement insertDeclaration(in MathMLDeclareElement newDeclaration, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLDeclareElement removeDeclaration(in unsigned long index);
  void deleteDeclaration(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

nArguments of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of child elements of this element which represent arguments of the element, as opposed to qualifiers or declare elements. Thus for a MathMLContentContainer it does not contain elements representing bound variables, conditions, separators, degrees, or upper or lower limits ( bvar , condition , sep , degree , lowlimit , or uplimit ).

arguments of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

This attribute accesses the child MathMLElements of this element which are arguments of it, as a MathMLNodeList. Note that this list does not contain any MathMLElements representing qualifier elements or declare elements.

declarations of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

Provides access to the declare elements which are children of this element, in a MathMLNodeList. All Nodes in this list must be MathMLDeclareElements.

Methods

getArgument

This method returns the indexth child argument element of this element. This frequently differs from the value of Node::childNodes().item(index), as qualifier elements and declare elements are not counted.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the argument to be retrieved.

Return value

MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the index-th argument of this element.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of child elements.

setArgument

This method sets newArgument as the index-th argument of this element. If there is currently an index-th argument, it is replaced by newArgument. This frequently differs from setting the node at Node::childNodes().item(index), as qualifier elements and declare elements are not counted.

Parameters

MathMLElement	newArgument	A MathMLElement representing the element that is to be set as the index-th argument of this element.
unsigned long	index	The index of the argument that is to be set to newArgument. The first argument is numbered 1. If index is one more than the current number of arguments, a new argument is appended.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element that represents the new argument in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child element of the type of newArgument, if this is a MathMLContentContainer and newArgument is a qualifier element, or if newElement is a MathMLDeclareElement.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of child elements.

insertArgument

This method inserts newArgument before the current index-th argument of this element. If index is 0, or if index is one more than the current number of arguments, newArgument is appended as the last argument. This frequently differs from setting the node at Node::childNodes().item(index), as qualifier elements and declare elements are not counted.

Parameters

MathMLElement	newArgument	A MathMLElement representing the element that is to be inserted as a child argument of this element.
unsigned long	index	The one-based index of the position before which newArgument is to be inserted. The first argument is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element that represents the new argument in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child argument of the type of newArgument, or, for MathMLContentContainers, if newArgument represents a qualifier element.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of child arguments.

deleteArgument

This method deletes the index-th child element that is an argument of this element. Note that child elements which are qualifier elements or declare elements are not counted in determining the index-th argument.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the argument to be deleted.

Return value

void

None.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of child elements.

removeArgument

This method deletes the index-th child element that is an argument of this element, and returns it to the caller. Note that child elements that are qualifier elements or declare elements are not counted in determining the index-th argument.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the argument to be removed.

Return value

MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the argument being removed.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of child elements.

getDeclaration

This method retrieves the index-th child declare element of this element.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

A one-based index into the list of child declare elements of this element giving the position of the declare element to be retrieved.

Return value

MathMLDeclareElement

The MathMLDeclareElement representing the index-th child declare.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of child declare elements.

setDeclaration

This method inserts newDeclaration as the index-th child declaration of this element. If there is already an index-th declare child element, it is replaced by newDeclaration.

Parameters

MathMLDeclareElement	newDeclaration	A MathMLDeclareElement to be inserted as the index-th child declare element.
unsigned long	index	A one-based index into the list of child declare elements of this element giving the position into which newDeclaration is to be inserted. If index is one more than the number of declare children of this element, newDeclaration is appended as the last declare child.

Return value

MathMLDeclareElement

The MathMLDeclareElement being inserted.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of child declare elements.

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit child declare elements.

insertDeclaration

This method inserts newDeclaration before the current index-th child declare element of this element. If index is 0, newDeclaration is appended as the last child declare element.

Parameters

MathMLDeclareElement	newDeclaration	A MathMLDeclareElement to be inserted as the index-th child declare element.
unsigned long	index	A one-based index into the list of child declare elements of this element giving the position before which newDeclaration is to be inserted. If index is 0 or if it is one more than the number of child declare children, newDeclaration is appended as the last child declare element.

Return value

MathMLDeclareElement

The MathMLDeclareElement child of this element representing newDeclaration in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of child declare elements.

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit child declare elements.

removeDeclaration

This method removes the MathMLDeclareElement representing the index-th declare child element of this element, and returns it to the caller. Note that index is the position in the list of declare element children, as opposed to the position in the list of all child Nodes.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the declare element to be removed.

Return value

MathMLDeclareElement

The MathMLDeclareElement being removed as a child Node of this element.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of child declare elements.

deleteDeclaration

This method deletes the MathMLDeclareElement representing the index-th declare child element of this element. Note that index is the position in the list of declare element children, as opposed to the position in the list of all child Nodes.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the declare element to be removed.

Return value

void

None.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of child declare elements.

Interface MathMLMathElement

Extends: MathMLElement , MathMLContainer

This interface represents the top-level MathML math element.

It may become useful for interfacing between the Document Object Model objects encoding an enclosing document and the MathML DOM elements that are its children. It could also be used for some purposes as a MathML DOM surrogate for a Document object. For instance, MathML-specific factory methods could be placed here, as could methods for creating MathML-specific Iterators or TreeWalkers. However, this functionality is as yet undefined.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLMathElement: MathMLElement, MathMLContainer {
  attribute DOMString macros;
  attribute DOMString display;
};

Attributes

macros of type DOMString

Represents the macros attribute of the math element. See Section¬†7.1.2 [The Top-Level math Element].

display of type DOMString

Represents the display attribute of the math element. This value is either block or inline. See Section¬†7.1.2 [The Top-Level math Element].

Interface MathMLSemanticsElement

Extends: MathMLElement

This interface represents the semantics element in MathML.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLSemanticsElement: MathMLElement {
  attribute MathMLElement body;
  readonly attribute unsigned long nAnnotations;
  MathMLElement getAnnotation(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLElement insertAnnotation(in MathMLElement newAnnotation, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLElement setAnnotation(in MathMLElement newAnnotation, in unsigned long index);
  void deleteAnnotation(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLElement removeAnnotation(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

body of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the first child of the semantics element, i.e. the child giving the `primary' content represented by the element.

nAnnotations of type unsigned long, readonly

Represents the number of annotation or annotation-xml children of the semantics element, i.e. the number of alternate content forms for this element.

Methods

getAnnotation

This method gives access to the index-th `alternate' content associated with a semantics element.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the annotation being retrieved.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement representing the index-th annotation or annotation-xml child of the semantics element. Note that all child elements of a semantics element other than the first are required to be of one of these types.

This method raises no exceptions.

insertAnnotation

This method inserts newAnnotation before the current index-th `alternate' content associated with a semantics element. If index is 0, newAnnotation is appended as the last annotation or annotation-xml child of this element.

Parameters

MathMLElement	newAnnotation	A MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement representing the new annotation or annotation-xml to be inserted.
unsigned long	index	The position in the list of annotation or annotation-xml children before which newAnnotation is to be inserted. The first annotation is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement child of this element that represents the new annotation in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newAnnotation is not a MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of annotation or annotation-xml children of this semantics element.

setAnnotation

This method allows setting or replacement of the index-th `alternate' content associated with a semantics element. If there is already an annotation or annotation-xml element with this index, it is replaced by newAnnotation.

Parameters

MathMLElement	newAnnotation	A MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement representing the new value of the index-th annotation or annotation-xml child of this semantics element.
unsigned long	index	The position in the list of annotation or annotation-xml children of this semantics element that is to be occupied by newAnnotation. The first annotation element is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement child of this element that represents the new annotation in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newAnnotation is not a MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the current number of annotation or annotation-xml children of this semantics element.

deleteAnnotation

A convenience method to delete the index-th `alternate' content associated with this semantics element.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the annotation being deleted.

Return value

void

None.

This method raises no exceptions.

removeAnnotation

A convenience method to delete the index-th `alternate' content associated with this semantics element, and to return it to the caller.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index of the annotation being deleted.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLAnnotationElement or MathMLXMLAnnotationElement being deleted.

This method raises no exceptions.

Interface MathMLAnnotationElement

Extends: MathMLElement

This interface represents the annotation element of MathML.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLAnnotationElement: MathMLElement {
  attribute DOMString body;
  attribute DOMString encoding;
};

Attributes

body of type DOMString

Provides access to the content of an annotation element.

encoding of type DOMString

Provides access to the encoding attribute of an annotation element.

Interface MathMLXMLAnnotationElement

Extends: MathMLElement

This interface represents the annotation-xml element of MathML.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLXMLAnnotationElement: MathMLElement {
  attribute DOMString encoding;
};

Attributes

encoding of type DOMString

Provides access to the encoding attribute of an xml-annotation element.

D.1.3 Presentation Elements

Interface MathMLPresentationElement

Extends: MathMLElement

This interface is provided to serve as a base interface for various MathML Presentation interfaces. It contains no new attributes or methods at this time; however, it is felt that the distinction between Presentation and Content MathML entities should be indicated in the MathMLElement hierarchy. In particular, future versions of the MathML DOM may add functionality on this interface; it may also serve as an aid to implementors.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLPresentationElement: MathMLElement {
};

D.1.3.1 Leaf Presentation Element Interfaces

Interface MathMLGlyphElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface supports the mglyph element Section¬†3.2.9 [Adding new character glyphs to MathML ( mglyph)].

IDL Definition

interface MathMLGlyphElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString alt;
  attribute DOMString fontfamily;
  attribute unsigned long index;
};

Attributes

alt of type DOMString

A string giving an alternate name for the character. Represents the mglyph's alt attribute.

fontfamily of type DOMString

A string representing the font family.

index of type unsigned long

An unsigned integer giving the glyph's position within the font.

Interface MathMLSpaceElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML space element mspace . Note that this is not derived from MathMLPresentationToken , despite the fact that mspace is classified as a token element, since it does not carry the attributes declared for MathMLPresentationToken.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLSpaceElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString width;
  attribute DOMString height;
  attribute DOMString depth;
};

Attributes

width of type DOMString

A string of the form ` number h-unit'; represents the width attribute for the mspace element, if specified.

height of type DOMString

A string of the form ` number v-unit'; represents the height attribute for the mspace element, if specified.

depth of type DOMString

A string of the form ` number v-unit'; represents the depth attribute for the mspace element, if specified.

D.1.3.2 Presentation Token Element Interfaces

Interfaces representing the MathML Presentation token elements that may have content are described here.

Interface MathMLPresentationToken

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLElement interface to include access for attributes specific to text presentation. It serves as the base class for all MathML presentation token elements. Access to the body of the element is via the nodeValue attribute inherited from Node. Elements that expose only the core presentation token attributes are directly supported by this object. These elements are:

mi

identifier element

mn

number element

mtext

text element

IDL Definition

interface MathMLPresentationToken: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString mathvariant;
  attribute DOMString mathsize;
  attribute DOMString mathfamily;
  attribute DOMString mathcolor;
  attribute DOMString mathbackground;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList contents;
};

Attributes

mathvariant of type DOMString

The mathvariant attribute for the element, if specified. One of the values normal, bold, italic, bold-italic, double-struck, bold-fraktur, script, bold-script, fraktur, sans-serif, bold-sans-serif, sans-serif-italic, sans-serif-bold-italic, or monospace.

mathsize of type DOMString

The mathsize attribute for the element, if specified. Either small, normal or big, or of the form number v-unit.

mathfamily of type DOMString

The mathfamily attribute for the element, if specified. This should be a string of the form css-fontfamily.

mathcolor of type DOMString

The mathcolor attribute for the element, if specified. The DOMString returned should be in the form of a CSS color spec.

mathbackground of type DOMString

The mathbackground attribute for the element, if specified. The DOMString returned should be in the form of a CSS color spec.

contents of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

Returns the child Nodes of the element. These should consist only of Text nodes and possibly MathMLGlyphElements. Should behave the same as the base class's Node::childNodes attribute; however, it is provided here for clarity.

Interface MathMLOperatorElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationToken

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationToken interface for the MathML operator element mo .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLOperatorElement: MathMLPresentationToken {
  attribute DOMString form;
  attribute DOMString fence;
  attribute DOMString separator;
  attribute DOMString lspace;
  attribute DOMString rspace;
  attribute DOMString stretchy;
  attribute DOMString symmetric;
  attribute DOMString maxsize;
  attribute DOMString minsize;
  attribute DOMString largeop;
  attribute DOMString moveablelimits;
  attribute DOMString accent;
};

Attributes

form of type DOMString

The form attribute ( prefix, infix or postfix) for the mo element, if specified.

fence of type DOMString

The fence attribute ( true or false) for the mo element, if specified.

separator of type DOMString

The separator attribute ( true or false) for the mo element, if specified.

lspace of type DOMString

The lspace attribute (spacing to left) of the mo element, if specified.

rspace of type DOMString

The rspace attribute (spacing to right) of the mo element, if specified.

stretchy of type DOMString

The stretchy attribute ( true or false) for the mo element, if specified.

symmetric of type DOMString

The symmetric attribute ( true or false) for the mo element, if specified.

maxsize of type DOMString

The maxsize attribute for the mo element, if specified.

minsize of type DOMString

The minsize attribute for the mo element, if specified.

largeop of type DOMString

The largeop attribute for the mo element, if specified.

moveablelimits of type DOMString

The moveablelimits ( true or false) attribute for the mo element, if specified.

accent of type DOMString

The accent attribute ( true or false) for the mo element, if specified.

Interface MathMLStringLitElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationToken

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationToken interface for the MathML string literal element ms .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLStringLitElement: MathMLPresentationToken {
  attribute DOMString lquote;
  attribute DOMString rquote;
};

Attributes

lquote of type DOMString

A string giving the opening delimiter for the string literal; represents the lquote attribute for the ms element, if specified.

rquote of type DOMString

A string giving the closing delimiter for the string literal; represents the rquote attribute for the ms element, if specified.

D.1.3.3 Presentation Container Interfaces

Interfaces designed to represent MathML Presentation elements that can contain arbitrary numbers of child MathMLElements are included under the heading of Presentation Container Elements.

Interface MathMLPresentationContainer

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement , MathMLContainer

This interface represents MathML Presentation elements that may contain arbitrarily many child elements. Elements directly supported by this interface include mrow , mphantom and merror . All attributes and methods are derived from the base MathMLPresentationElement and MathMLContainer interfaces.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLPresentationContainer: MathMLPresentationElement, MathMLContainer {
};

Interface MathMLStyleElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationContainer

This interface extends the MathMLElement interface for the MathML style element mstyle . While the mstyle element may contain any attributes allowable on any MathML presentation element, only attributes specific to the mstyle element are included in the interface below. Other attributes should be accessed using the methods on the base Element class, particularly the Element::getAttribute and Element::setAttribute methods, or even the Node::attributes attribute to access all of them at once. Not only does this obviate a lengthy list below, but it seems likely that most implementations will find this a considerably more useful interface to a MathMLStyleElement.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLStyleElement: MathMLPresentationContainer {
  attribute DOMString scriptlevel;
  attribute DOMString displaystyle;
  attribute DOMString scriptsizemultiplier;
  attribute DOMString scriptminsize;
  attribute DOMString color;
  attribute DOMString background;
};

Attributes

scriptlevel of type DOMString

A string of the form ` +/- unsigned integer'; represents the scriptlevel attribute for the mstyle element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

displaystyle of type DOMString

Either true or false; a string representing the displaystyle attribute for the mstyle element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

scriptsizemultiplier of type DOMString

A string of the form ` number'; represents the scriptsizemultiplier attribute for the mstyle element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

scriptminsize of type DOMString

A string of the form ` number v-unit'; represents the scriptminsize attribute for the mstyle element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

color of type DOMString

A string representation of a color; represents the color attribute for the mstyle element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

background of type DOMString

A string representation of a color or the string transparent; represents the background attribute for the mstyle element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

Interface MathMLPaddedElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationContainer

This interface extends the MathMLElement interface for the MathML spacing adjustment element mpadded .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLPaddedElement: MathMLPresentationContainer {
  attribute DOMString width;
  attribute DOMString lspace;
  attribute DOMString height;
  attribute DOMString depth;
};

Attributes

width of type DOMString

A string representing the total width of the mpadded element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

lspace of type DOMString

A string representing the lspace attribute - the additional space to the left - of the mpadded element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

height of type DOMString

A string representing the height above the baseline of the mpadded element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

depth of type DOMString

A string representing the depth beneath the baseline of the mpadded element, if specified. See also the discussion of this attribute.

Interface MathMLFencedElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationContainer

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationContainer interface for the MathML fenced content element mfenced .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLFencedElement: MathMLPresentationContainer {
  attribute DOMString open;
  attribute DOMString close;
  attribute DOMString separators;
};

Attributes

open of type DOMString

A string representing the opening-fence for the mfenced element, if specified; this is the element's open attribute.

close of type DOMString

A string representing the opening-fence for the mfenced element, if specified; this is the element's close attribute.

separators of type DOMString

A string representing any separating characters inside the mfenced element, if specified; this is the element's separators attribute.

Interface MathMLEncloseElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationContainer

This interface supports the menclose element Section¬†3.3.9 [Enclose Expression Inside Notation ( menclose)].

IDL Definition

interface MathMLEncloseElement: MathMLPresentationContainer {
  attribute DOMString notation;
};

Attributes

notation of type DOMString

A string giving a name for the notation enclosing the element's contents. Represents the notation attribute of the menclose. Allowed values are longdiv, actuarial, radical.

Interface MathMLActionElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationContainer

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationContainer interface for the MathML enlivening expression element maction .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLActionElement: MathMLPresentationContainer {
  attribute DOMString actiontype;
  attribute DOMString selection;
};

Attributes

actiontype of type DOMString

A string specifying the action. Possible values include toggle, statusline, tooltip, highlight, and menu.

selection of type DOMString

A string specifying an integer that selects the current subject of the action.

D.1.3.4 Presentation Schemata Interfaces

Interface MathMLFractionElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML fraction element mfrac .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLFractionElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString linethickness;
  attribute MathMLElement numerator;
  attribute MathMLElement denominator;
};

Attributes

linethickness of type DOMString

A string representing the linethickness attribute of the mfrac, if specified.

numerator of type MathMLElement

The first child MathMLElement of the MathMLFractionElement; represents the numerator of the represented fraction.

denominator of type MathMLElement

The second child MathMLElement of the MathMLFractionElement; represents the denominator of the represented fraction.

Interface MathMLRadicalElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML radical and square root elements mroot and msqrt .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLRadicalElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute MathMLElement radicand;
  attribute MathMLElement index;
};

Attributes

radicand of type MathMLElement

The first child MathMLElement of the MathMLRadicalElement; represents the base of the represented radical.

index of type MathMLElement

The second child MathMLElement of the MathMLRadicalElement; represents the index of the represented radical. This must be null for msqrt elements.

Interface MathMLScriptElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML subscript, superscript and subscript-superscript pair elements msub , msup , and msubsup .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLScriptElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString subscriptshift;
  attribute DOMString superscriptshift;
  attribute MathMLElement base;
  attribute MathMLElement subscript;
  attribute MathMLElement superscript;
};

Attributes

subscriptshift of type DOMString

A string representing the minimum amount to shift the baseline of the subscript down, if specified; this is the element's subscriptshift attribute. This must return null for an msup.

superscriptshift of type DOMString

A string representing the minimum amount to shift the baseline of the superscript up, if specified; this is the element's superscriptshift attribute. This must return null for a msub.

base of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the base of the script. This is the first child of the element.

subscript of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the subscript of the script. This is the second child of a msub or msubsup; retrieval must return null for an msup.

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised when the element is a msup.

superscript of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the superscript of the script. This is the second child of a msup or the third child of a msubsup; retrieval must return null for an msub.

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised when the element is a msub.

Interface MathMLUnderOverElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML underscript, overscript and overscript-underscript pair elements munder , mover and munderover .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLUnderOverElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString accentunder;
  attribute DOMString accent;
  attribute MathMLElement base;
  attribute MathMLElement underscript;
  attribute MathMLElement overscript;
};

Attributes

accentunder of type DOMString

Either true or false if present; a string controlling whether underscript is drawn as an `accent' or as a `limit', if specified; this is the element's accentunder attribute. This must return null for an mover.

accent of type DOMString

Either true or false if present; a string controlling whether overscript is drawn as an `accent' or as a `limit', if specified; this is the element's accent attribute. This must return null for an munder.

base of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the base of the script. This is the first child of the element.

underscript of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the underscript of the script. This is the second child of a munder or munderover; retrieval must return null for an mover.

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised when the element is a mover.

overscript of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the overscript of the script. This is the second child of a mover or the third child of a munderover; retrieval must return null for an munder.

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised when the element is a munder.

Interface MathMLMultiScriptsElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML multiscripts (including prescripts or tensors) element mmultiscripts .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLMultiScriptsElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString subscriptshift;
  attribute DOMString superscriptshift;
  attribute MathMLElement base;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList prescripts;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList scripts;
  readonly attribute unsigned long numprescriptcolumns;
  readonly attribute unsigned long numscriptcolumns;
  MathMLElement getPreSubScript(in unsigned long colIndex);
  MathMLElement getSubScript(in unsigned long colIndex);
  MathMLElement getPreSuperScript(in unsigned long colIndex);
  MathMLElement getSuperScript(in unsigned long colIndex);
  MathMLElement insertPreSubScriptBefore(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement setPreSubScriptAt(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement insertSubScriptBefore(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement setSubScriptAt(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement insertPreSuperScriptBefore(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement setPreSuperScriptAt(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement insertSuperScriptBefore(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
  MathMLElement setSuperScriptAt(in unsigned long colIndex, in MathMLElement newScript);
};

Attributes

subscriptshift of type DOMString

A string representing the minimum amount to shift the baseline of the subscripts down, if specified; this is the element's subscriptshift attribute.

superscriptshift of type DOMString

A string representing the minimum amount to shift the baseline of the superscripts up, if specified; this is the element's superscriptshift attribute.

base of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the base of the script. This is the first child of the element.

prescripts of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

A NodeList representing the prescripts of the script, which appear in the order described by the expression (prescript presuperscript)*. This is the same as traversing the contents of the NodeList returned by Node::childNodes() from the Node following the <mprescripts/> (if present) to the end of the list.

scripts of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

A MathMLNodeList representing the scripts of the script, which appear in the order described by the expression (script superscript)*. This is the same as traversing the contents of the NodeList returned by Node::childNodes() from the first Node up to and including the Node preceding the <mprescripts/> (if present).

numprescriptcolumns of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of script/subscript columns preceding (to the left of) the base. Should always be half of getprescripts().length()

numscriptcolumns of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of script/subscript columns following (to the right of) the base. Should always be half of getscripts().length()

Methods

getPreSubScript

A convenience method to retrieve pre-subscript children of the element, referenced by column index .

Parameters

unsigned long

colIndex

Column index of prescript (where 1 represents the leftmost prescript column).

Return value

MathMLElement

Returns the MathMLElement representing the colIndex-th presubscript (to the left of the base, counting from 1 at the far left). Note that this may be the MathMLElement corresponding to the special element <none/> in the case of a `missing' presubscript (see the discussion of mmultiscripts), or it may be null if colIndex is out of range for the element.

This method raises no exceptions.

getSubScript

A convenience method to retrieve subscript children of the element, referenced by column index.

Parameters

unsigned long

colIndex

Column index of script (where 1 represents the leftmost script column, the first to the right of the base).

Return value

MathMLElement

Returns the MathMLElement representing the colIndex-th subscript to the right of the base. Note that this may be the MathMLElement corresponding to the special element <none/> in the case of a `missing' subscript (see the discussion of mmultiscripts), or it may be null if colIndex is out of range for the element.

This method raises no exceptions.

getPreSuperScript

A convenience method to retrieve pre-superscript children of the element, referenced by column index .

Parameters

unsigned long

colIndex

Column index of pre-superscript (where 1 represents the leftmost prescript column).

Return value

MathMLElement

Returns the MathMLElement representing the colIndex-th presuperscript (to the left of the base, counting from 1 at the far left). Note that this may be the MathMLElement corresponding to the special element <none/> in the case of a `missing' presuperscript (see the discussion of mmultiscripts), or it may be null if colIndex is out of range for the element.

This method raises no exceptions.

getSuperScript

A convenience method to retrieve superscript children of the element, referenced by column index .

Parameters

unsigned long

colIndex

Column index of script (where 1 represents the leftmost script column, the first to the right of the base)

Return value

MathMLElement

Returns the MathMLElement representing the colIndex-th superscript to the right of the base. Note that this may be the MathMLElement corresponding to the special element <none/> in the case of a `missing' superscript (see the discussion of mmultiscripts), or it may be null if colIndex is out of range for the element.

This method raises no exceptions.

insertPreSubScriptBefore

A convenience method to insert a pre-subscript before the position referenced by column index. If colIndex is 0, the new pre-subscript is appended as the last pre-subscript of the mmultiscripts element; if colIndex is 1, a new pre-subscript is prepended at the far left. Note that inserting a new pre-subscript will cause the insertion of an empty pre-superscript in the same column.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of pre-subscript (where 1 represents the leftmost prescript column).
MathMLElement	newScript	A MathMLElement representing the element to be inserted as a pre-subscript.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this MathMLMultiScriptsElement representing the new script in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a pre-subscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than the number of pre-scripts of the element.

setPreSubScriptAt

A convenience method to set the pre-subscript child at the position referenced by colIndex. If there is currently a pre-subscript at this position, it is replaced by newScript.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of pre-subscript (where 1 represents the leftmost prescript column).
MathMLElement	newScript	MathMLElement representing the element that is to be set as the colIndex-th pre-subscript child of this element.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this MathMLMultiScriptsElement representing the new pre-subscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a pre-subscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than one more than the number of pre-scripts of the element.

insertSubScriptBefore

A convenience method to insert a subscript before the position referenced by column index. If colIndex is 0, the new subscript is appended as the last subscript of the mmultiscripts element; if colIndex is 1, a new subscript is prepended at the far left. Note that inserting a new subscript will cause the insertion of an empty superscript in the same column.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of subscript, where 1 represents the leftmost script column (the first to the right of the base).
MathMLElement	newScript	A MathMLElement representing the element to be inserted as a subscript.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this MathMLMultiScriptsElement that represents the new subscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a subscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than the number of scripts of the element.

setSubScriptAt

A convenience method to set the subscript child at the position referenced by colIndex. If there is currently a subscript at this position, it is replaced by newScript.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of subscript, where 1 represents the leftmost script column (the first to the right of the base).
MathMLElement	newScript	MathMLElement representing the element that is to be set as the colIndex-th subscript child of this element.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element representing the new subscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a subscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than one more than the number of scripts of the element.

insertPreSuperScriptBefore

A convenience method to insert a pre-superscript before the position referenced by column index. If colIndex is 0, the new pre-superscript is appended as the last pre-superscript of the mmultiscripts element; if colIndex is 1, a new pre-superscript is prepended at the far left. Note that inserting a new pre-superscript will cause the insertion of an empty pre-subscript in the same column.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of pre-superscript (where 1 represents the leftmost prescript column).
MathMLElement	newScript	A MathMLElement representing the element to be inserted as a pre-superscript.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element that represents the new pre-superscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a pre-superscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than the number of pre-scripts of the element.

setPreSuperScriptAt

A convenience method to set the pre-superscript child at the position referenced by colIndex. If there is currently a pre-superscript at this position, it is replaced by newScript.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of pre-superscript (where 1 represents the leftmost prescript column).
MathMLElement	newScript	MathMLElement representing the element that is to be set as the colIndex-th pre-superscript child of this element.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element that represents the new pre-superscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a pre-superscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than one more than the number of pre-scripts of the element.

insertSuperScriptBefore

A convenience method to insert a superscript before the position referenced by column index. If colIndex is 0, the new superscript is appended as the last superscript of the mmultiscripts element; if colIndex is 1, a new superscript is prepended at the far left. Note that inserting a new superscript will cause the insertion of an empty subscript in the same column.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of superscript, where 1 represents the leftmost script column (the first to the right of the base).
MathMLElement	newScript	A MathMLElement representing the element to be inserted as a superscript.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element that represents the new superscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a superscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than the number of scripts of the element.

setSuperScriptAt

A convenience method to set the superscript child at the position referenced by colIndex. If there is currently a superscript at this position, it is replaced by newScript.

Parameters

unsigned long	colIndex	Column index of superscript, where 1 represents the leftmost script column (the first to the right of the base).
MathMLElement	newScript	MathMLElement representing the element that is to be set as the colIndex-th superscript child of this element.

Return value

MathMLElement

The MathMLElement child of this element that represents the new superscript in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newScript represents an element that cannot be a superscript.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if colIndex is greater than one more than the number of scripts of the element.

Interface MathMLTableElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML table or matrix element mtable .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLTableElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString align;
  attribute DOMString rowalign;
  attribute DOMString columnalign;
  attribute DOMString groupalign;
  attribute DOMString alignmentscope;
  attribute DOMString columnwidth;
  attribute DOMString width;
  attribute DOMString rowspacing;
  attribute DOMString columnspacing;
  attribute DOMString rowlines;
  attribute DOMString columnlines;
  attribute DOMString frame;
  attribute DOMString framespacing;
  attribute DOMString equalrows;
  attribute DOMString equalcolumns;
  attribute DOMString displaystyle;
  attribute DOMString side;
  attribute DOMString minlabelspacing;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList rows;
  MathMLTableRowElement insertEmptyRow(in long index);
  MathMLLabeledRowElement insertEmptyLabeledRow(in long index);
  MathMLTableRowElement getRow(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLTableRowElement insertRow(in long index, in MathMLTableRowElement newRow);
  MathMLTableRowElement setRow(in long index, in MathMLTableRowElement newRow);
  void deleteRow(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLTableRowElement removeRow(in long index);
};

Attributes

align of type DOMString

A string representing the vertical alignment of the table with the adjacent text. Allowed values are ( top | bottom | center | baseline | axis)[ rownumber], where rownumber is between 1 and n (for a table with n rows) or -1 and - n.

rowalign of type DOMString

A string representing the alignment of entries in each row, consisting of a space-separated sequence of alignment specifiers, each of which can have the following values: top, bottom, center, baseline, or axis.

columnalign of type DOMString

A string representing the alignment of entries in each column, consisting of a space-separated sequence of alignment specifiers, each of which can have the following values: left, center, or right.

groupalign of type DOMString

A string specifying how the alignment groups within the cells of each row are to be aligned with the corresponding items above or below them in the same column. The string consists of a sequence of braced group alignment lists. Each group alignment list is a space-separated sequence, each of which can have the following values: left, right, center, or decimalpoint.

alignmentscope of type DOMString

A string consisting of the values true or false indicating, for each column, whether it can be used as an alignment scope.

columnwidth of type DOMString

A string consisting of a space-separated sequence of specifiers, each of which can have one of the following forms: auto, number h-unit, namedspace, or fit. (A value of the form namedspace is one of veryverythinmathspace, verythinmathspace, thinmathspace, mediummathspace, thickmathspace, verythickmathspace, or veryverythickmathspace.) This represents the element's columnwidth attribute.

width of type DOMString

A string that is either of the form number h-unit or is the string auto. This represents the element's width attribute.

rowspacing of type DOMString

A string consisting of a space-separated sequence of specifiers of the form number v-unit representing the space to be added between rows.

columnspacing of type DOMString

A string consisting of a space-separated sequence of specifiers of the form number h-unit representing the space to be added between columns.

rowlines of type DOMString

A string specifying whether and what kind of lines should be added between each row. The string consists of a space-separated sequence of specifiers, each of which can have the following values: none, solid, or dashed.

columnlines of type DOMString

A string specifying whether and what kind of lines should be added between each column. The string consists of a space-separated sequence of specifiers, each of which can have the following values: none, solid, or dashed.

frame of type DOMString

A string specifying a frame around the table. Allowed values are (none | solid | dashed).

framespacing of type DOMString

A string of the form number h-unit number v-unit specifying the spacing between table and its frame.

equalrows of type DOMString

A string with the values true or false.

equalcolumns of type DOMString

A string with the values true or false.

displaystyle of type DOMString

A string with the values true or false.

side of type DOMString

A string with the values left, right, leftoverlap, or rightoverlap.

minlabelspacing of type DOMString

A string of the form number h-unit, specifying the minimum space between a label and the adjacent entry in the labeled row.

rows of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

A MathMLNodeList consisting of MathMLTableRowElements and MathMLLabeledRowElements representing the rows of the table. This is a live object.

Methods

insertEmptyRow

A convenience method to insert a new (empty) row ( mtr ) in the table before the current index-th row. If index is less than 0, the new row is inserted before the -index-th row counting up from the current last row; if index is equal to the current number of rows, the new row is appended as the last row.

Parameters

long

index

Position before which to insert the new row, where 0 represents the first row. Negative numbers are used to count backwards from the last row.

Return value

MathMLTableRowElement

Returns the MathMLTableRowElement child of this MathMLTableElement that represents the new mtr element being inserted.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of rows of this mtable element or less than minus this number.

insertEmptyLabeledRow

A convenience method to insert a new (empty) labeled row ( mlabeledtr ) in the table before the current index-th row. If index is less than 0, the new row is inserted before the -index-th row counting up from the current last row; if index is equal to the current number of rows, the new row is appended as the last row.

Parameters

long

index

Position before which to insert the new row, where 0 represents the first row. Negative numbers are used to count backwards from the last row.

Return value

MathMLLabeledRowElement

Returns the MathMLLabeledRowElement child of this MathMLTableElement representing the mtr element being inserted.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of rows of this mtable element or less than minus this number.

getRow

A convenience method to retrieve the index-th row from the table. If index is less than 0, the -index-th row from the bottom of the table is retrieved. (So, for instance, if index is -2, the next-to-last row is retrieved.) If index is not a valid value (i.e. is greater than or equal to the number of rows, or is less than minus the number of rows), a null MathMLTableRowElement is returned.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Index of the row to be returned, where 0 represents the first row. Negative numbers are used to count backwards from the last row.

Return value

MathMLTableRowElement

Returns the MathMLTableRowElement representing the index-th row of the table.

This method raises no exceptions.

insertRow

A convenience method to insert the new row or labeled row ( mtr or mlabeledtr) represented by newRow in the table before the current index-th row. If index is equal to the current number of rows, newRow is appended as the last row in the table. If index is less than 0, the new row is inserted before the -index-th row from the bottom of the table. (So, for instance, if index is -2, the new row is inserted before the next-to-last current row.)

Parameters

long	index	Index before which to insert newRow, where 0 represents the first row. Negative numbers are used to count backwards from the current last row.
MathMLTableRowElement	newRow	A MathMLTableRowElement or MathMLLabeledRowElement representing the row to be inserted.

Return value

MathMLTableRowElement

The MathMLTableRowElement or MathMLLabeledRowElement child of this MathMLTableElement representing the mtr element being inserted.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newRow is not a MathMLTableRowElement or MathMLLabeledRowElement.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of rows or less than minus the current number of rows of this mtable element.

setRow

A method to set the value of the row in the table at the specified index to the mtr or mlabeledtr represented by newRow. If index is less than 0, the -index-th row counting up from the last is replaced by newRow; if index is one more than the current number of rows, the new row is appended as the last row in the table.

Parameters

long	index	Index of the row to be set to newRow, where 0 represents the first row. Negative numbers are used to count backwards from the last row.
MathMLTableRowElement	newRow	A MathMLTableRowElement representing the row that is to be the new index-th row.

Return value

MathMLTableRowElement

Returns the MathMLTableRowElement or MathMLLabeledRowElement child of this element that represents the new row in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if newRow is not a MathMLTableRowElement or MathMLLabeledRowElement.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of rows of this mtable element or less than minus this number.

deleteRow

A convenience method to delete the row of the table at the specified index. If index is less than 0, the -index-th row from the bottom of the table is deleted. (So, for instance, if index is -2, the next-to-last row is deleted.)

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Index of row to be deleted, where 0 represents the first row.

Return value

void

None.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than or equal to the current number of rows of this mtable element or less than minus this number.

removeRow

A convenience method to delete the row of the table at the specified index and return it to the caller. If index is less than 0, the -index-th row from the bottom of the table is deleted. (So, for instance, if index is -2, the next-to-last row is deleted.)

Parameters

long

index

Index of row to be removed, where 0 represents the first row.

Return value

MathMLTableRowElement

A MathMLTableRowElement representing the row being deleted.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than or equal to the number of rows of this mtable element or less than minus this number.

Interface MathMLTableRowElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML table or matrix row element mtr .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLTableRowElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString rowalign;
  attribute DOMString columnalign;
  attribute DOMString groupalign;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList cells;
  MathMLTableCellElement insertEmptyCell(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLTableCellElement insertCell(in MathMLTableCellElement newCell, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLTableCellElement setCell(in MathMLTableCellElement newCell, in unsigned long index);
  void deleteCell(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

rowalign of type DOMString

A string representing an override of the row alignment specified in the containing mtable . Allowed values are top, bottom, center, baseline, and axis.

columnalign of type DOMString

A string representing an override of the column alignment specified in the containing mtable. Allowed values are left, center, and right.

groupalign of type DOMString

[To be changed?]

cells of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

A MathMLNodeList consisting of the cells of the row. Note that this does not include the label if this is a MathMLLabeledRowElement !

Methods

insertEmptyCell

A convenience method to insert a new (empty) cell in the row.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Index of the cell before which the new cell is to be inserted, where the first cell is numbered 0. If index is equal to the current number of cells, the new cell is appended as the last cell of the row. Note that the index will differ from the index of the corresponding Node in the collection returned by Node::childNodes if this is a MathMLLabeledRowElement!

Return value

MathMLTableCellElement

Returns the MathMLTableCellElement representing the mtd element being inserted.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of cells of this mtr element.

insertCell

A convenience method to insert a new cell in the row.

Parameters

MathMLTableCellElement	newCell	A MathMLTableCellElement representing the new cell ( mtd element) to be inserted.
unsigned long	index	Index of the cell before which the new cell is to be inserted, where the first cell is numbered 0. If index equals the current number of cells, the new cell is appended as the last cell of the row. Note that the index will differ from the index of the corresponding Node in Node::childNodes if this is a MathMLLabeledRowElement!

Return value

MathMLTableCellElement

The MathMLTableCellElement representing the mtd element being inserted.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of cells of this mtr element.

setCell

A convenience method to set the value of a cell in the row to newCell. If index is equal to the current number of cells, newCell is appended as the last cell in the row.

Parameters

MathMLTableCellElement	newCell	A MathMLTableCellElement representing the cell ( mtd element) that is to be inserted.
unsigned long	index	Index of the cell that is to be replaced by the new cell, where the first cell is numbered 0. Note that the index will differ from the index of the corresponding Node in the collection returned by Node::childNodes if this is a MathMLLabeledRowElement!

Return value

MathMLTableCellElement

The MathMLTableCellElement child of this MathMLTableRowElement representing the new mtd element.

This method raises no exceptions.

deleteCell

A convenience method to delete a cell in the row.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Index of cell to be deleted. Note that the count will differ from the index-th child node if this is a MathMLLabeledRowElement!

Return value

void

None.

This method raises no exceptions.

Interface MathMLLabeledRowElement

Extends: MathMLTableRowElement

This interface extends the MathMLTableRowElement interface to represent the mlabeledtr element Section¬†3.5.3 [Labeled Row in Table or Matrix ( mlabeledtr)]. Note that the presence of a label causes the indexth child node to differ from the index-th cell!

IDL Definition

interface MathMLLabeledRowElement: MathMLTableRowElement {
  attribute MathMLElement label;
};

Attributes

label of type MathMLElement

A MathMLElement representing the label of this row. Note that retrieving this should have the same effect as a call to Node::getfirstChild(), while setting it should have the same effect as Node::replaceChild(Node::getfirstChild()).

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this MathMLElement or the new MathMLElement is read-only.

Interface MathMLTableCellElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationContainer

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationContainer interface for the MathML table or matrix cell element mtd .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLTableCellElement: MathMLPresentationContainer {
  attribute DOMString rowspan;
  attribute DOMString columnspan;
  attribute DOMString rowalign;
  attribute DOMString columnalign;
  attribute DOMString groupalign;
  readonly attribute boolean hasaligngroups;
  readonly attribute DOMString cellindex;
};

Attributes

rowspan of type DOMString

A string representing a positive integer that specifies the number of rows spanned by this cell. The default is 1.

columnspan of type DOMString

A string representing a positive integer that specifies the number of columns spanned by this cell. The default is 1.

rowalign of type DOMString

A string specifying an override of the inherited vertical alignment of this cell within the table row. Allowed values are top, bottom, center, baseline, and axis.

columnalign of type DOMString

A string specifying an override of the inherited horizontal alignment of this cell within the table column. Allowed values are left, center, and right.

groupalign of type DOMString

A string specifying how the alignment groups within the cell are to be aligned with those in cells above or below this cell. The string consists of a space-separated sequence of specifiers, each of which can have the following values: left, right, center, or decimalpoint.

hasaligngroups of type boolean , readonly

A string with the values true or false indicating whether the cell contains align groups.

cellindex of type DOMString , readonly

A string representing the integer index (1-based?) of the cell in its containing row. [What about spanning cells? How do these affect this value?]

Interface MathMLAlignGroupElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML group -alignment element <maligngroup/> .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLAlignGroupElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString groupalign;
};

Attributes

groupalign of type DOMString

A string specifying how the alignment group is to be aligned with other alignment groups above or below it. Allowed values are left, right, center, or decimalpoint.

Interface MathMLAlignMarkElement

Extends: MathMLPresentationElement

This interface extends the MathMLPresentationElement interface for the MathML alignment mark element <malignmark/> .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLAlignMarkElement: MathMLPresentationElement {
  attribute DOMString edge;
};

Attributes

edge of type DOMString

A string specifying alignment on the right edge of the preceding element or the left edge of the following element. Allowed values are left and right.

D.1.4 Content Elements

Interface MathMLContentElement

Extends: MathMLElement

This interface is provided to serve as a base interface for various MathML Content interfaces. It contains no new attributes or methods at this time; however, it is felt that the distinction between Presentation and Content MathML entities should be indicated in the MathMLElement hierarchy. In particular, future versions of the MathML DOM may add functionality on this interface; it may also serve as an aid to implementors.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLContentElement: MathMLElement {
};

D.1.4.1 Content Token Interfaces

Interface MathMLContentToken

Extends: MathMLContentElement

This is the interface from which the interfaces representing the MathML Content token elements ( ci , cn and csymbol ) are derived. These elements may contain MathML Presentation elements, Text nodes, or a combination of both. Thus the getArgument and insertArgument methods have been provided to deal with this distinction between these elements and other MathML Content elements.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLContentToken: MathMLContentElement {
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList arguments;
  attribute DOMString definitionURL;
  attribute DOMString encoding;
  Node getArgument(in unsigned long index);
  Node insertArgument(in unsigned long index, in Node newArgument);
  Node setArgument(in unsigned long index, in Node newArgument);
  void deleteArgument(in unsigned long index);
  Node removeArgument(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

arguments of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

The arguments of this element, returned as a MathMLNodeList. Note that this is not necessarily the same as Node::childNodes, particularly in the case of the cn element. The reason is that the sep elements that are used to separate the arguments of a cn are not returned.

definitionURL of type DOMString

A URI pointing to a semantic definition for this content element. Note that there is no stipulation about the form this definition may take!

encoding of type DOMString

A string describing the syntax in which the definition located at definitionURL is given.

Methods

getArgument

A convenience method to retrieve the child argument at the position referenced by index. Note that this is not necessarily the same as the index-th child Node of this Element; in particular, sep elements will not be counted.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of desired argument in the list of arguments. The first argument is numbered 1.

Return value

Node	The Node retrieved.

This method raises no exceptions.

insertArgument

A convenience method to insert newArgument before the current index-th argument child of this element. If index is 0, newArgument is appended as the last argument.

Parameters

unsigned long	index	Position before which newArgument is to be inserted. The first argument is numbered 1. Note that this is not necessarily the index of the Node in the list of child nodes, as nodes representing such elements as sep are not counted as arguments.
Node	newArgument	Node to be inserted as the index-th argument. This will either be a MathMLElement or a Text node.

Return value

Node	The Node inserted. This is the element within the DOM.

This method raises no exceptions.

setArgument

A convenience method to set an argument child at the position referenced by index. If there is currently an argument at this position, it is replaced by newArgument.

Parameters

unsigned long	index	Position of the argument that is to be set to newArgument in the list of arguments. The first argument is numbered 1. Note that this is not necessarily the index of the Node in the list of child nodes, as nodes representing such elements as sep are not counted as arguments.
Node	newArgument	Node to be inserted as the argument. This will either be a MathMLElement or a Text node.

Return value

Node	The Node inserted. This is the element within the DOM.

This method raises no exceptions.

deleteArgument

A convenience method to delete the argument child located at the position referenced by index.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the argument to be deleted from the list of arguments. The first argument is numbered 1.

Return value

void

None.

This method raises no exceptions.

removeArgument

A convenience method to delete the argument child located at the position referenced by index, and to return it to the caller.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the argument to be deleted from the list of arguments. The first argument is numbered 1.

Return value

Node	A Node representing the deleted argument.

This method raises no exceptions.

Interface MathMLCnElement

Extends: MathMLContentToken

The cn element is used to specify actual numeric constants.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLCnElement: MathMLContentToken {
  attribute DOMString type;
  attribute DOMString base;
  readonly attribute unsigned long nargs;
};

Attributes

type of type DOMString

Values include, but are not restricted to, e-notation, integer, rational, real, float, complex, complex-polar, complex-cartesian, and constant.

base of type DOMString

A string representing an integer between 2 and 36; the base of the numerical representation.

nargs of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of sep -separated arguments.

Interface MathMLCiElement

Extends: MathMLContentToken

The ci element is used to specify a symbolic name.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLCiElement: MathMLContentToken {
  attribute DOMString type;
};

Attributes

type of type DOMString

Values include integer, rational, real, float, complex, complex-polar, complex-cartesian, constant, any of the MathML content container types ( vector, matrix, set, list etc.) or their types.

Interface MathMLCsymbolElement

Extends: MathMLContentToken

This interface represents the csymbol element. Although it currently has no attributes or methods distinct from those of MathMLContentToken, a separate interface is provided to emphasize the conceptual role of the csymbol element.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLCsymbolElement: MathMLContentToken {
};

D.1.4.2 Content Container Interfaces

We have added interfaces for content elements that are containers, i.e. elements that may contain child elements corresponding to arguments, bound variables, conditions, or lower or upper limits.

Interface MathMLContentContainer

Extends: MathMLContentElement , MathMLContainer

This interface supports the MathML Content elements that may contain child Content elements. The elements directly supported by MathMLContentContainer include: reln (deprecated), lambda , lowlimit , uplimit , degree , domainofapplication , and momentabout . Interfaces derived from MathMLContentContainer support the elements apply , fn , interval , condition , declare , bvar , set , list , vector , matrix , and matrixrow .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLContentContainer: MathMLContentElement, MathMLContainer {
  readonly attribute unsigned long nBoundVariables;
  attribute MathMLConditionElement condition;
  attribute MathMLElement opDegree;
  attribute MathMLElement domainOfApplication;
  attribute MathMLElement momentAbout;
  MathMLBvarElement getBoundVariable(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLBvarElement insertBoundVariable(in MathMLBvarElement newBVar, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLBvarElement setBoundVariable(in MathMLBvarElement newBVar, in unsigned long index);
  void deleteBoundVariable(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLBvarElement removeBoundVariable(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

nBoundVariables of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of bvar child elements of this element.

condition of type MathMLConditionElement

This attribute represents the condition child element of this node. See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child condition element. In particular, raised if this element is not a apply, set, or list.

opDegree of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the degree child element of this node. This expresses, for instance, the degree of differentiation if this element is a bvar child of an apply element whose first child is a diff or partialdiff . If this is an apply element whose first child is a partialdiff, the opDegree attribute, if present, represents the total degree of differentiation. See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child degree element. In particular, raised if this element is not a bvar or apply.

domainOfApplication of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the domainofapplication child element of this node, if present. This may express, for instance, the domain of integration if this element is an apply element whose first child is an integral operator ( int ). See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child domainofapplication element.

momentAbout of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the momentabout child element of this node, if present. This typically expresses the point about which a statistical moment is to be calculated, if this element is an apply element whose first child is a moment . See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child momentabout element. In particular, raised if this element is not an apply whose first child is a moment.

Methods

getBoundVariable

This method retrieves the index-th MathMLBvarElement child of the MathMLElement. Note that only bvar child elements are counted in determining the index-th bound variable.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index into the bound variable children of this element of the MathMLBvarElement to be retrieved.

Return value

MathMLBvarElement

The MathMLBvarElement representing the index-th bvar child of this element.

This method raises no exceptions.

insertBoundVariable

This method inserts a MathMLBvarElement as a child node before the current index-th bound variable child of this MathMLElement. If index is 0, newBVar is appended as the last bound variable child. This has the effect of adding a bound variable to the expression this element represents. Note that the new bound variable is inserted as the index-th bvar child node, not necessarily as the index-th child node. The point of the method is to allow insertion of bound variables without requiring the caller to calculate the exact order of child qualifier elements.

Parameters

MathMLBvarElement	newBVar	A MathMLBvarElement representing the bvar element being added.
unsigned long	index	The one-based index into the bound variable children of this element before which newBVar is to be inserted.

Return value

MathMLBvarElement

The MathMLBvarElement being added.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit child bvar elements.

setBoundVariable

This method sets the index-th bound variable child of this MathMLElement to newBVar. This has the effect of setting a bound variable in the expression this element represents. Note that the new bound variable is inserted as the index-th bvar child node, not necessarily as the index-th child node. The point of the method is to allow insertion of bound variables without requiring the caller to calculate the exact order of child qualifier elements. If there is already a bvar at the index-th position, it is replaced by newBVar.

Parameters

MathMLBvarElement	newBVar	The new MathMLBvarElement child of this element being set.
unsigned long	index	The one-based index into the bound variable children of this element at which newBVar is to be inserted.

Return value

MathMLBvarElement

The MathMLBvarElement being set.

Exceptions

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit child bvar elements.

deleteBoundVariable

This method deletes the index-th MathMLBvarElement child of the MathMLElement. This has the effect of removing this bound variable from the list of qualifiers affecting the element this represents.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index into the bound variable children of this element of the MathMLBvarElement to be removed.

Return value

void

None.

This method raises no exceptions.

removeBoundVariable

This method removes the index-th MathMLBvarElement child of the MathMLElement and returns it to the caller. This has the effect of removing this bound variable from the list of qualifiers affecting the element this represents.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

The one-based index into the bound variable children of this element of the MathMLBvarElement to be removed.

Return value

MathMLBvarElement

The MathMLBvarElement being removed.

This method raises no exceptions.

Interface MathMLApplyElement

Extends: MathMLContentContainer

The apply element allows a function or operator to be applied to its arguments.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLApplyElement: MathMLContentContainer {
  attribute MathMLElement operator;
  attribute MathMLElement domainOfApplication;
  attribute MathMLElement lowLimit;
  attribute MathMLElement upLimit;
};

Attributes

operator of type MathMLElement

The MathML element representing the function or operator that is applied to the list of arguments.

domainOfApplication of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the domainofapplication child element of this node (if any). This expresses, for instance, the domain of integration if this is an apply element whose first child is a int . See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child domainofapplication element.

lowLimit of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the lowlimit child element of this node (if any). This expresses, for instance, the lower limit of integration if this is an apply element whose first child is a int . See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child lowlimit element. In particular, raised if this element is not an apply element whose first child is an int, sum , product , or limit element.

upLimit of type MathMLElement

This attribute represents the uplimit child element of this node (if any). This expresses, for instance, the upper limit of integration if this is an apply element whose first child is a int. See Section¬†4.2.3.2 [Operators taking Qualifiers].

Exceptions on Setting

DOMException

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this element does not permit a child uplimit element. In particular, raised if this element is not an apply element whose first child is an int, sum, or product element.

Interface MathMLFnElement

Extends: MathMLContentContainer

The fn element makes explicit the fact that a more general MathML object is intended to be used in the same manner as if it were a pre-defined function such as sin or plus .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLFnElement: MathMLContentContainer {
  attribute DOMString definitionURL;
  attribute DOMString encoding;
};

Attributes

definitionURL of type DOMString

A URI pointing to a definition for this function-type element. Note that there is no stipulation about the form this definition may take!

encoding of type DOMString

A string describing the syntax in which the definition located at definitionURL is given.

Interface MathMLLambdaElement

Extends: MathMLContentContainer

The lambda element is used to construct a user-defined function from an expression and one or more free variables.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLLambdaElement: MathMLContentContainer {
  attribute MathMLElement expression;
};

Attributes

expression of type MathMLElement

The MathMLElement representing the expression. This is included only as a convenience; getting it should give the same result as MathMLContentContainer::getArgument(1).

Interface MathMLSetElement

Extends: MathMLContentContainer

The set element is the container element that represents a set of elements. The elements of a set can be defined either by explicitly listing the elements, or by using the bvar and condition elements.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLSetElement: MathMLContentContainer {
  readonly attribute boolean isExplicit;
  attribute DOMString type;
};

Attributes

isExplicit of type boolean , readonly

This is true if the set is specified by giving the list of its elements explicitly.

type of type DOMString

The type attribute of the represented element. Predefined values are normal and multiset. See Section¬†4.4.6 [Theory of Sets] and Section¬†4.3 [Content Element Attributes].

Interface MathMLListElement

Extends: MathMLContentContainer

The list element is the container element which represents a list of elements. Elements can be defined either by explicitly listing the elements, or by using the bvar and condition elements.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLListElement: MathMLContentContainer {
  readonly attribute boolean isExplicit;
  attribute DOMString ordering;
};

Attributes

isExplicit of type boolean , readonly

This is true if the list is specified by giving its elements explicitly.

ordering of type DOMString

The order attribute of the represented element. Predefined values are numeric and lexicographic. See Section¬†4.4.6 [Theory of Sets] and Section¬†4.3 [Content Element Attributes].

Interface MathMLBvarElement

Extends: MathMLContentContainer

This interface represents the MathML bound variable element bvar . The interface currently provides no functionality beyond that of MathMLContentContainer, but is useful for defining the type of bound variable access functions.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLBvarElement: MathMLContentContainer {
};

D.1.4.3 Content Leaf Element Interfaces

Interface MathMLPredefinedSymbol

Extends: MathMLContentElement

This interface supports all of the empty built-in operator, relation, function, and constant and symbol elements that have the definitionURL and encoding attributes in addition to the standard set of attributes. The elements supported in order of their appearance in Section¬†4.4 [The Content Markup Elements] are: inverse , compose , ident , domain , codomain , image , quotient , exp , factorial , divide , max , min , minus , plus , power , rem , times , root , gcd , and , or , xor , not , implies , forall , exists , abs , conjugate , arg , real , imaginary , lcm , floor , ceiling , eq , neq , gt , lt , geq , leq , equivalent , approx , factorof , ln , log , int , diff , partialdiff , divergence , grad , curl , laplacian , union , intersect , in , notin , subset , prsubset , notsubset , notprsubset , setdiff , card , cartesianproduct , sum , product , limit , tendsto , sin , cos , tan , sec , csc , cot , sinh , cosh , tanh , sech , csch , coth , arcsin , arccos , arctan , arcsec , arccsc , arccot , arcsinh , arccosh , arctanh , arcsech , arccsch , arccoth , mean , sdev , variance , median , mode , moment , determinant , transpose , selector , vectorproduct , scalarproduct , outerproduct , integers , reals , rationals , naturalnumbers , complexes , primes , exponentiale , imaginaryi , notanumber , true , false , emptyset , pi , eulergamma , and infinity .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLPredefinedSymbol: MathMLContentElement {
  attribute DOMString definitionURL;
  attribute DOMString encoding;
  attribute DOMString arity;
  readonly attribute DOMString symbolName;
};

Attributes

definitionURL of type DOMString

A string that provides an override to the default semantics, or provides a more specific definition

encoding of type DOMString

A string describing the syntax in which the definition located at definitionURL is given.

arity of type DOMString

A string representing the number of arguments. Values include 0, 1, ... and variable.

symbolName of type DOMString , readonly

A string giving the name of the MathML element represented. This is a convenience attribute only; accessing it should be synonymous with accessing the Element::tagName attribute.

D.1.4.4 Other Content Element Interfaces

Interface MathMLIntervalElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The interval element is used to represent simple mathematical intervals on the real number line. It contains either two child elements that evaluate to real numbers or one child element that is a condition for defining membership in the interval.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLIntervalElement: MathMLContentElement {
  attribute DOMString closure;
  attribute MathMLCnElement start;
  attribute MathMLCnElement end;
};

Attributes

closure of type DOMString

A string with value open, closed, open-closed or closed-open. The default value is closed.

start of type MathMLCnElement

A MathMLCnElement representing the real number defining the start of the interval. If end has not already been set, it becomes the same as start until set otherwise.

end of type MathMLCnElement

A MathMLCnElement representing the real number defining the end of the interval. If start has not already been set, it becomes the same as end until set otherwise.

Interface MathMLConditionElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The condition element is used to place a condition on one or more free variables or identifiers.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLConditionElement: MathMLContentElement {
  attribute MathMLApplyElement condition;
};

Attributes

condition of type MathMLApplyElement

A MathMLApplyElement that represents the condition.

Interface MathMLDeclareElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The declare construct has two primary roles. The first is to change or set the default attribute values for a specific mathematical object. The second is to establish an association between a `name' and an object.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLDeclareElement: MathMLContentElement {
  attribute DOMString type;
  attribute unsigned long nargs;
  attribute DOMString occurrence;
  attribute DOMString definitionURL;
  attribute DOMString encoding;
  attribute MathMLCiElement identifier;
  attribute MathMLElement constructor;
};

Attributes

type of type DOMString

A string indicating the type of the identifier. It must be compatible with the type of the constructor, if a constructor is present. The type is inferred from the constructor if present, otherwise it must be specified.

nargs of type unsigned long

If the identifier is a function, this attribute specifies the number of arguments the function takes. This represents the declare element's nargs attribute; see Section¬†4.4.2.8 [Declare ( declare)].

occurrence of type DOMString

A string with the values prefix, infix, postfix, or function-model.

definitionURL of type DOMString

A URI specifying the detailed semantics of the element.

encoding of type DOMString

A description of the syntax used in definitionURL .

identifier of type MathMLCiElement

A MathMLCiElement representing the name being declared.

constructor of type MathMLElement

An optional MathMLElement providing an initial value for the object being declared.

Interface MathMLVectorElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

vector is the container element for a vector.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLVectorElement: MathMLContentElement {
  readonly attribute unsigned long ncomponents;
  MathMLContentElement getComponent(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement insertComponent(in MathMLContentElement newComponent, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement setComponent(in MathMLContentElement newComponent, in unsigned long index);
   deleteComponent(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement removeComponent(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

ncomponents of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of components in the vector.

Methods

getComponent

A convenience method to retrieve a component.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the component in the list of components. The first element is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement component at the position specified by index. If index is not a valid index (i.e. is greater than the number of components of the vector or less than 1), a null MathMLContentElement is returned.

This method raises no exceptions.

insertComponent

A convenience method to insert a new component in the vector before the current index-th component. If index is 0 or is one more than the number of components currently in the vector, newComponent is appended as the last component of the vector.

Parameters

MathMLContentElement	newComponent	A MathMLContentElement representing the component that is to be added.
unsigned long	index	Position of the component in the list of components. The first component is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement child of this MathMLVectorElement representing the new component in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the current number of components of this vector element.

setComponent

A convenience method to set the index-th component of the vector to newComponent. If index is one more than the current number of components, newComponent is appended as the last component.

Parameters

MathMLContentElement	newComponent	A MathMLContentElement representing the element that is to be the index-th component of the vector.
unsigned long	index	Position of the component in the list of components. The first element is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement child of this MathMLVectorElement that represents the new component in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the current number of components of this vector element.

deleteComponent

A convenience method to delete an element. The deletion changes the indices of the following components.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the component in the vector. The position of the first component is 1

Return value

None

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the current number of components of this vector element.

removeComponent

A convenience method to remove a component from a vector and return it to the caller. If index is greater than the number of components or is 0, a null MathMLContentElement is returned.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the component in the list of components. The first element is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement component being removed.

This method raises no exceptions.

Interface MathMLMatrixElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The matrix element is the container element for matrixrow elements.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLMatrixElement: MathMLContentElement {
  readonly attribute unsigned long nrows;
  readonly attribute unsigned long ncols;
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList rows;
  MathMLMatrixrowElement getRow(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLMatrixrowElement insertRow(in MathMLMatrixrowElement newRow, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLMatrixrowElement setRow(in MathMLMatrixrowElement newRow, in unsigned long index);
   deleteRow(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLMatrixrowElement removeRow(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

nrows of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of rows in the represented matrix.

ncols of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of columns in the represented matrix.

rows of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

The rows of the matrix, returned as a MathMLNodeList consisting of MathMLMatrixrowElements.

Methods

getRow

A convenience method to retrieve a specified row.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the row in the list of rows. The first row is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLMatrixrowElement

The MathMLMatrixrowElement representing the index-th row.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of rows in the matrix.

insertRow

A convenience method to insert a row before the row that is currently the index-th row of this matrix. If index is 0, newRow is appended as the last row of the matrix.

Parameters

MathMLMatrixrowElement	newRow	MathMLMatrixrowElement to be inserted into the matrix.
unsigned long	index	Unsigned integer giving the row position before which newRow is to be inserted. The first row is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLMatrixrowElement

The MathMLMatrixrowElement added. This is the new element within the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of rows in the matrix.

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the number of cells in newRow doesn't match the number of columns in the matrix.

setRow

A convenience method to set the value of the index-th child matrixrow element of this element. If there is already a row at the specified index, it is replaced by newRow.

Parameters

MathMLMatrixrowElement	newRow	MathMLMatrixrowElement representing the matrixrow which is to become the index-th row of the matrix.
unsigned long	index	Unsigned integer giving the row which is to be set to newRow. The first row is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLMatrixrowElement

The MathMLMatrixrowElement child of this MathMLMatrixrowElement representing newRow within the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of rows in the matrix.

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the number of cells in newRow doesn't match the number of columns in the matrix.

deleteRow

A convenience method to delete a row. The deletion changes the indices of the following rows.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the row to be deleted in the list of rows

Return value

None

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of rows in the matrix.

removeRow

A convenience method to remove a row and return it to the caller. The deletion changes the indices of the following rows.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the row to be removed in the list of rows. The first row is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLMatrixrowElement

The MathMLMatrixrowElement being removed.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of rows in the matrix.

Interface MathMLMatrixrowElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The matrixrow element is the container element for the elements of a matrix .

IDL Definition

interface MathMLMatrixrowElement: MathMLContentElement {
  readonly attribute unsigned long nEntries;
  MathMLContentElement getEntry(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement insertEntry(in MathMLContentElement newEntry, in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement setEntry(in MathMLContentElement newEntry, in unsigned long index);
   deleteEntry(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement removeEntry(in unsigned long index);
};

Attributes

nEntries of type unsigned long, readonly

The number of entries in the row.

Methods

getEntry

A convenience method to retrieve the contents of an entry by index.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the entry in the row. The first entry is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement element representing the index-th entry in the row.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of entries in the row.

insertEntry

A convenience method to insert an entry before the current index-th entry of the row. If index is 0, newEntry is appended as the last entry. Note that this method increases the size of the matrixrow.

Parameters

MathMLContentElement	newEntry	The MathMLContentElement to be representing the new entry to be inserted into the row.
unsigned long	index	The index before which newEntry is to be inserted in the row. The first entry is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement child of this MathMLMatrixrowElement representing newEntry in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of entries in the row.

setEntry

A convenience method to set the contents of the entry at position index in the row to newEntry. If there is already a entry at the specified index, it is replaced by the new entry.

Parameters

MathMLContentElement	newEntry	The MathMLContentElement representing the element that is to be the index-th entry.
unsigned long	index	The index of the entry that is to be set equal to newEntry. The first entry is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement child of this MathMLMatrixRowElement representing newEntry in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of elements in the row.

deleteEntry

A convenience method to delete an entry. The deletion changes the indices of the following entries.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the entry to be deleted in the row. The first entry is numbered 1.

Return value

None

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of entries in the row.

removeEntry

A convenience method to remove an entry from the row and return the removed entry to the caller.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the entry to be removed from the row. The first entry is numbered 1.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement being removed from the row.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of entries in the row.

Interface MathMLPiecewiseElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The piecewise element represents the piecewise definition of a function. It contains child piece elements, each represented by a MathMLCaseElement , giving the various conditions and associated function value specifications in the function definition, and an optional otherwise child element, represented by a MathMLContentElement, giving the `default' value of the function - that is, the value to be assigned when none of the conditions specified in the piece child elements hold.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLPiecewiseElement: MathMLContentElement {
  readonly attribute MathMLNodeList pieces;
  attribute MathMLContentElement otherwise;
  MathMLCaseElement getCase(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLCaseElement setCase(in unsigned long index, in MathMLCaseElement case);
  void deleteCase(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLCaseElement removeCase(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLCaseElement insertCase(in unsigned long index, in MathMLCaseElement newCase);
  MathMLContentElement getCaseValue(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement setCaseValue(in unsigned long index, in MathMLContentElement value);
  MathMLContentElement getCaseCondition(in unsigned long index);
  MathMLContentElement setCaseCondition(in unsigned long index, in MathMLContentElement condition);
};

Attributes

pieces of type MathMLNodeList , readonly

A MathMLNodeList containing one MathMLCaseElement representing each of the piece element children of this MathMLPiecewiseElement. The otherwise child (if present) is not contained in this MathMLNodeList.

otherwise of type MathMLContentElement

Returns a MathMLContentElement representing the value to be taken by the piecewise function when none of the conditions described in the piece children is true.

Methods

getCase

A convenience method to retrieve the child piece at the position referenced by index.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of desired case in the list of cases. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position. If index is greater than the number of pieces, a null MathMLCaseElement is returned; no error is generated.

Return value

MathMLCaseElement

The MathMLCaseElement retrieved.

This method raises no exceptions.

setCase

A convenience method to set the value of the child piece at the position referenced by index to the value of case.

Parameters

unsigned long	index	Position of the piece to be set to case. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position. If there is currently a piece at this position, it will be replaced by case. If index is one more than the number of piece child elements, a new one will be appended.
MathMLCaseElement	case	A MathMLCaseElement representing the new value of the indexth piece child.

Return value

MathMLCaseElement

The new MathMLCaseElement created.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than one more than the number of pieces in this element.

deleteCase

A convenience method to delete the child piece at the position referenced by index. The deletion changes the indices of the following pieces.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the piece to be deleted. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.

Return value

void

None.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of pieces in this element.

removeCase

A convenience method to remove the child piece at the position referenced by index and return it to the caller. The removal changes the indices of the following pieces.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the piece to be removed. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.

Return value

MathMLCaseElement

The MathMLCaseElement removed.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of pieces in this element.

insertCase

A convenience method to insert a new piece child into this element.

Parameters

unsigned long	index	Position before which case is to be inserted. If index is 0, newCase is appended as the last piece child of this element. The otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.
MathMLCaseElement	newCase	A MathMLCaseElement representing the piece to be inserted.

Return value

MathMLCaseElement

The new MathMLCaseElement inserted. This is the actual Element in the DOM.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater one more than the number of pieces in this element.

getCaseValue

A convenience method to retrieve the child of the indexth piece in this element which specifies the function value for that case.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the piece whose value is being requested in the list of pieces. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement representing the value to be taken by the function in the indexth case.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of pieces in this element.

setCaseValue

A convenience method to set the function value for the indexth piece in this element.

Parameters

unsigned long	index	Position of the piece whose value is being set in the list of pieces. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.
MathMLContentElement	value	A MathMLContentElement representing the function value to be assigned in the indexth case.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement representing the value to be taken by the function in the indexth case.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of pieces in this element.

getCaseCondition

A convenience method to retrieve the child of the piece at the position referenced by index which gives the condition for this case.

Parameters

unsigned long

index

Position of the piece whose condition is being requested in the list of pieces. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement representing the condition to be satisfied for the indexth case.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of pieces in this element.

setCaseCondition

A convenience method to set the condition for the indexth piece in this element.

Parameters

unsigned long	index	Position of the piece whose condition is being set in the list of pieces. The first piece is numbered 1; the otherwise child (if present) is not counted, regardless of its position.
MathMLContentElement	condition	A MathMLContentElement representing the condition to be associated to the indexth case.

Return value

MathMLContentElement

The MathMLContentElement which is inserted as the condition child of the indexth piece.

Exceptions

DOMException

INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if index is greater than the number of pieces in this element.

Interface MathMLCaseElement

Extends: MathMLContentElement

The piece element represents one of a sequence of cases used in the piecewise definition of a function. It contains two child elements, each represented by a MathMLContentElement. The first child determines the subset of the domain affected, normally by giving a condition to be satisfied. The second gives the value of the function over the indicated subset of its domain.

IDL Definition

interface MathMLCaseElement: MathMLContentElement {
  attribute MathMLContentElement caseCondition;
  attribute MathMLContentElement caseValue;
};

Attributes

caseCondition of type MathMLContentElement

Accesses the MathMLContentElement representing the condition to be satisfied in order for this branch of the piecewise definition to be used.

caseValue of type MathMLContentElement

Accesses the MathMLContentElement representing the value to be taken by the piecewise function when the condition described by caseCondition is true.

D.2 MathML DOM Tables

D.2.1 Chart of MathML DOM Inheritance

--- MathMLDOMImplementation

--- MathMLDocument

--- MathMLNodeList

--- MathMLElement

--- MathMLMathElement [also inherits from: MathMLContainer ]

--- MathMLSemanticsElement

--- MathMLAnnotationElement

--- MathMLXMLAnnotationElement

--- MathMLPresentationElement

--- MathMLGlyphElement

--- MathMLSpaceElement

--- MathMLPresentationToken

--- MathMLOperatorElement

--- MathMLStringLitElement

--- MathMLPresentationContainer [also inherits from: MathMLContainer ]

--- MathMLStyleElement

--- MathMLPaddedElement

--- MathMLFencedElement

--- MathMLEncloseElement

--- MathMLActionElement

--- MathMLTableCellElement

--- MathMLFractionElement

--- MathMLRadicalElement

--- MathMLScriptElement

--- MathMLUnderOverElement

--- MathMLMultiScriptsElement

--- MathMLTableElement

--- MathMLTableRowElement

--- MathMLLabeledRowElement

--- MathMLAlignGroupElement

--- MathMLAlignMarkElement

--- MathMLContentElement

--- MathMLContentToken

--- MathMLCnElement

--- MathMLCiElement

--- MathMLCsymbolElement

--- MathMLContentContainer [also inherits from: MathMLContainer ]

--- MathMLApplyElement

--- MathMLFnElement

--- MathMLLambdaElement

--- MathMLSetElement

--- MathMLListElement

--- MathMLBvarElement

--- MathMLPredefinedSymbol

--- MathMLIntervalElement

--- MathMLConditionElement

--- MathMLDeclareElement

--- MathMLVectorElement

--- MathMLMatrixElement

--- MathMLMatrixrowElement

--- MathMLPiecewiseElement

--- MathMLCaseElement

--- MathMLContainer

D.2.2 Table of Elements and MathML DOM Representations

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