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XSLTProcessor: transformToDocument() method

The transformToDocument() method of the XSLTProcessor interface transforms the provided Node source to a Document using the XSLT stylesheet associated with XSLTProcessor.

Syntax

js

transformToDocument(source)

Parameters

source: The Node source to apply the XSLT stylesheet to.

Return value

A Document. The actual interface depends on the output method of the stylesheet:

Output method	Result interface
`html`	`HTMLDocument`
`xml`	`XMLDocument`
`text`	`XMLDocument` with a single root element `<transformiix:result>` with the text as a child

Examples

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard # dom-xsltprocessor-transformtodocument

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`transformToDocument`	1 Chrome returns `null` if an error occurs.	12 Edge returns `null` if an error occurs.	1 Firefox throws an exception if an error occurs.	No	≤12.1 ["Opera 12.1 and earlier throws an exception if an error occurs.", "Opera 15 and later returns `null` if an error occurs."]	3.1 Safari returns `null` if an error occurs.	3 WebView returns `null` if an error occurs.	18 Chrome returns `null` if an error occurs.	4 Firefox throws an exception if an error occurs.	≤12.1 ["Opera Android 12.1 and earlier throws an exception if an error occurs.", "Opera Android 14 and later returns `null` if an error occurs."]	2 Safari returns `null` if an error occurs.	1.0 Samsung Internet returns `null` if an error occurs.

See also

XSLTProcessor.transformToDocument()

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