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+// =========================================================================
+//
+// xmlw3cdom.js - a W3C compliant W3CDOM parser for XML for <SCRIPT>
+//
+// version 3.1
+//
+// =========================================================================
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//
+// visit the XML for <SCRIPT> home page at xmljs.sourceforge.net
+//
+// Contains text (used within comments to methods) from the
+//  XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 W3C Recommendation
+//  Copyright � 16 November 1999 World Wide Web Consortium,
+//  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
+//  European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University).
+//  All Rights Reserved.
+//  (see: http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-W3CDOM-Level-1-20000929/)
+
+/**
+ * @function addClass - add new className to classCollection
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  classCollectionStr : string - list of existing class names
+ *   (separated and top and tailed with '|'s)
+ * @param  newClass           : string - new class name to add
+ *
+ * @return : string - the new classCollection, with new className appended,
+ *   (separated and top and tailed with '|'s)
+ */
+function addClass(classCollectionStr, newClass) {
+  if (classCollectionStr) {
+    if (classCollectionStr.indexOf("|"+ newClass +"|") < 0) {
+      classCollectionStr += newClass + "|";
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    classCollectionStr = "|"+ newClass + "|";
+  }
+
+  return classCollectionStr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMException - raised when an operation is impossible to perform
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  code : int - the exception code (one of the W3CDOMException constants)
+ */
+W3CDOMException = function(code) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMException");
+
+  this.code = code;
+};
+
+// W3CDOMException constants
+// Introduced in W3CDOM Level 1:
+W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR                 = 1;
+W3CDOMException.W3CDOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR             = 2;
+W3CDOMException.HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR          = 3;
+W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR             = 4;
+W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR          = 5;
+W3CDOMException.NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERR            = 6;
+W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR    = 7;
+W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR                  = 8;
+W3CDOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR              = 9;
+W3CDOMException.INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR            = 10;
+
+// Introduced in W3CDOM Level 2:
+W3CDOMException.INVALID_STATE_ERR              = 11;
+W3CDOMException.SYNTAX_ERR                     = 12;
+W3CDOMException.INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR       = 13;
+W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR                  = 14;
+W3CDOMException.INVALID_ACCESS_ERR             = 15;
+
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMImplementation - provides a number of methods for performing operations
+ *   that are independent of any particular instance of the document object model.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation = function() {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMImplementation");
+  this._p = null;
+
+  this.preserveWhiteSpace = false;  // by default, ignore whitespace
+  this.namespaceAware = true;       // by default, handle namespaces
+  this.errorChecking  = true;       // by default, test for exceptions
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation.escapeString - escape special characters
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  str : string - The string to be escaped
+ *
+ * @return : string - The escaped string
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype.escapeString = function W3CDOMNode__escapeString(str) {
+
+  //the sax processor already has this function. Just wrap it
+  return __escapeString(str);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation.unescapeString - unescape special characters
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  str : string - The string to be unescaped
+ *
+ * @return : string - The unescaped string
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype.unescapeString = function W3CDOMNode__unescapeString(str) {
+
+  //the sax processor already has this function. Just wrap it
+  return __unescapeString(str);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation.hasFeature - Test if the W3CDOM implementation implements a specific feature
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  feature : string - The package name of the feature to test. the legal only values are "XML" and "CORE" (case-insensitive).
+ * @param  version : string - This is the version number of the package name to test. In Level 1, this is the string "1.0".
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype.hasFeature = function W3CDOMImplementation_hasFeature(feature, version) {
+
+  var ret = false;
+  if (feature.toLowerCase() == "xml") {
+    ret = (!version || (version == "1.0") || (version == "2.0"));
+  }
+  else if (feature.toLowerCase() == "core") {
+    ret = (!version || (version == "2.0"));
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation.loadXML - parse XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ *
+ * @param  xmlStr : string - the XML string
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMDocument
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype.loadXML = function W3CDOMImplementation_loadXML(xmlStr) {
+  // create SAX Parser
+  var parser;
+
+  try {
+    parser = new XMLP(xmlStr);
+  }
+  catch (e) {
+    alert("Error Creating the SAX Parser. Did you include xmlsax.js or tinyxmlsax.js in your web page?\nThe SAX parser is needed to populate XML for <SCRIPT>'s W3C W3CDOM Parser with data.");
+  }
+
+  // create W3CDOM Document
+  var doc = new W3CDOMDocument(this);
+
+  // populate Document with Parsed Nodes
+  this._parseLoop(doc, parser);
+
+  // set parseComplete flag, (Some validation Rules are relaxed if this is false)
+  doc._parseComplete = true;
+
+  return doc;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation.translateErrCode - convert W3CDOMException Code
+ *   to human readable error message;
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  code : int - the W3CDOMException code
+ *
+ * @return : string - the human readbale error message
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype.translateErrCode = function W3CDOMImplementation_translateErrCode(code) {
+  var msg = "";
+
+  switch (code) {
+    case W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR :                // 1
+       msg = "INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Index out of bounds";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.W3CDOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR :            // 2
+       msg = "W3CDOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: The resulting string is too long to fit in a W3CDOMString";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR :         // 3
+       msg = "HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: The Node can not be inserted at this location";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR :            // 4
+       msg = "WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: The source and the destination Documents are not the same";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR :         // 5
+       msg = "INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: The string contains an invalid character";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERR :           // 6
+       msg = "NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERR: This Node / NodeList does not support data";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR :   // 7
+       msg = "NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: This object cannot be modified";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR :                 // 8
+       msg = "NOT_FOUND_ERR: The item cannot be found";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR :             // 9
+       msg = "NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: This implementation does not support function";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR :           // 10
+       msg = "INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: The Attribute has already been assigned to another Element";
+       break;
+
+// Introduced in W3CDOM Level 2:
+    case W3CDOMException.INVALID_STATE_ERR :             // 11
+       msg = "INVALID_STATE_ERR: The object is no longer usable";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.SYNTAX_ERR :                    // 12
+       msg = "SYNTAX_ERR: Syntax error";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR :      // 13
+       msg = "INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR: Cannot change the type of the object";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR :                 // 14
+       msg = "NAMESPACE_ERR: The namespace declaration is incorrect";
+       break;
+
+    case W3CDOMException.INVALID_ACCESS_ERR :            // 15
+       msg = "INVALID_ACCESS_ERR: The object does not support this function";
+       break;
+
+    default :
+       msg = "UNKNOWN: Unknown Exception Code ("+ code +")";
+  }
+
+  return msg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._parseLoop - process SAX events
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ *
+ * @param  doc : W3CDOMDocument - the Document to contain the parsed XML string
+ * @param  p   : XMLP        - the SAX Parser
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMDocument
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._parseLoop = function W3CDOMImplementation__parseLoop(doc, p) {
+  var iEvt, iNode, iAttr, strName;
+  iNodeParent = doc;
+
+  var el_close_count = 0;
+
+  var entitiesList = new Array();
+  var textNodesList = new Array();
+
+  // if namespaceAware, add default namespace
+  if (this.namespaceAware) {
+    var iNS = doc.createNamespace(""); // add the default-default namespace
+    iNS.setValue("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/");
+    doc._namespaces.setNamedItem(iNS);
+  }
+
+  // loop until SAX parser stops emitting events
+  while(true) {
+    // get next event
+    iEvt = p.next();
+
+    if (iEvt == XMLP._ELM_B) {                      // Begin-Element Event
+      var pName = p.getName();                      // get the Element name
+      pName = trim(pName, true, true);              // strip spaces from Element name
+
+      if (!this.namespaceAware) {
+        iNode = doc.createElement(p.getName());     // create the Element
+
+        // add attributes to Element
+        for(var i = 0; i < p.getAttributeCount(); i++) {
+          strName = p.getAttributeName(i);          // get Attribute name
+          iAttr = iNode.getAttributeNode(strName);  // if Attribute exists, use it
+
+          if(!iAttr) {
+            iAttr = doc.createAttribute(strName);   // otherwise create it
+          }
+
+          iAttr.setValue(p.getAttributeValue(i));   // set Attribute value
+          iNode.setAttributeNode(iAttr);            // attach Attribute to Element
+        }
+      }
+      else {  // Namespace Aware
+        // create element (with empty namespaceURI,
+        //  resolve after namespace 'attributes' have been parsed)
+        iNode = doc.createElementNS("", p.getName());
+
+        // duplicate ParentNode's Namespace definitions
+        iNode._namespaces = iNodeParent._namespaces._cloneNodes(iNode);
+
+        // add attributes to Element
+        for(var i = 0; i < p.getAttributeCount(); i++) {
+          strName = p.getAttributeName(i);          // get Attribute name
+
+          // if attribute is a namespace declaration
+          if (this._isNamespaceDeclaration(strName)) {
+            // parse Namespace Declaration
+            var namespaceDec = this._parseNSName(strName);
+
+            if (strName != "xmlns") {
+              iNS = doc.createNamespace(strName);   // define namespace
+            }
+            else {
+              iNS = doc.createNamespace("");        // redefine default namespace
+            }
+            iNS.setValue(p.getAttributeValue(i));   // set value = namespaceURI
+
+            iNode._namespaces.setNamedItem(iNS);    // attach namespace to namespace collection
+          }
+          else {  // otherwise, it is a normal attribute
+            iAttr = iNode.getAttributeNode(strName);        // if Attribute exists, use it
+
+            if(!iAttr) {
+              iAttr = doc.createAttributeNS("", strName);   // otherwise create it
+            }
+
+            iAttr.setValue(p.getAttributeValue(i));         // set Attribute value
+            iNode.setAttributeNodeNS(iAttr);                // attach Attribute to Element
+
+            if (this._isIdDeclaration(strName)) {
+              iNode.id = p.getAttributeValue(i);    // cache ID for getElementById()
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        // resolve namespaceURIs for this Element
+        if (iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.prefix)) {
+          iNode.namespaceURI = iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.prefix).value;
+        }
+
+        //  for this Element's attributes
+        for (var i = 0; i < iNode.attributes.length; i++) {
+          if (iNode.attributes.item(i).prefix != "") {  // attributes do not have a default namespace
+            if (iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.attributes.item(i).prefix)) {
+              iNode.attributes.item(i).namespaceURI = iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.attributes.item(i).prefix).value;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // if this is the Root Element
+      if (iNodeParent.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
+        iNodeParent.documentElement = iNode;        // register this Element as the Document.documentElement
+      }
+
+      iNodeParent.appendChild(iNode);               // attach Element to parentNode
+      iNodeParent = iNode;                          // descend one level of the W3CDOM Tree
+    }
+
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._ELM_E) {                  // End-Element Event
+      iNodeParent = iNodeParent.parentNode;         // ascend one level of the W3CDOM Tree
+    }
+
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._ELM_EMP) {                // Empty Element Event
+      pName = p.getName();                          // get the Element name
+      pName = trim(pName, true, true);              // strip spaces from Element name
+
+      if (!this.namespaceAware) {
+        iNode = doc.createElement(pName);           // create the Element
+
+        // add attributes to Element
+        for(var i = 0; i < p.getAttributeCount(); i++) {
+          strName = p.getAttributeName(i);          // get Attribute name
+          iAttr = iNode.getAttributeNode(strName);  // if Attribute exists, use it
+
+          if(!iAttr) {
+            iAttr = doc.createAttribute(strName);   // otherwise create it
+          }
+
+          iAttr.setValue(p.getAttributeValue(i));   // set Attribute value
+          iNode.setAttributeNode(iAttr);            // attach Attribute to Element
+        }
+      }
+      else {  // Namespace Aware
+        // create element (with empty namespaceURI,
+        //  resolve after namespace 'attributes' have been parsed)
+        iNode = doc.createElementNS("", p.getName());
+
+        // duplicate ParentNode's Namespace definitions
+        iNode._namespaces = iNodeParent._namespaces._cloneNodes(iNode);
+
+        // add attributes to Element
+        for(var i = 0; i < p.getAttributeCount(); i++) {
+          strName = p.getAttributeName(i);          // get Attribute name
+
+          // if attribute is a namespace declaration
+          if (this._isNamespaceDeclaration(strName)) {
+            // parse Namespace Declaration
+            var namespaceDec = this._parseNSName(strName);
+
+            if (strName != "xmlns") {
+              iNS = doc.createNamespace(strName);   // define namespace
+            }
+            else {
+              iNS = doc.createNamespace("");        // redefine default namespace
+            }
+            iNS.setValue(p.getAttributeValue(i));   // set value = namespaceURI
+
+            iNode._namespaces.setNamedItem(iNS);    // attach namespace to namespace collection
+          }
+          else {  // otherwise, it is a normal attribute
+            iAttr = iNode.getAttributeNode(strName);        // if Attribute exists, use it
+
+            if(!iAttr) {
+              iAttr = doc.createAttributeNS("", strName);   // otherwise create it
+            }
+
+            iAttr.setValue(p.getAttributeValue(i));         // set Attribute value
+            iNode.setAttributeNodeNS(iAttr);                // attach Attribute to Element
+
+            if (this._isIdDeclaration(strName)) {
+              iNode.id = p.getAttributeValue(i);    // cache ID for getElementById()
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        // resolve namespaceURIs for this Element
+        if (iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.prefix)) {
+          iNode.namespaceURI = iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.prefix).value;
+        }
+
+        //  for this Element's attributes
+        for (var i = 0; i < iNode.attributes.length; i++) {
+          if (iNode.attributes.item(i).prefix != "") {  // attributes do not have a default namespace
+            if (iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.attributes.item(i).prefix)) {
+              iNode.attributes.item(i).namespaceURI = iNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(iNode.attributes.item(i).prefix).value;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // if this is the Root Element
+      if (iNodeParent.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
+        iNodeParent.documentElement = iNode;        // register this Element as the Document.documentElement
+      }
+
+      iNodeParent.appendChild(iNode);               // attach Element to parentNode
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._TEXT || iEvt == XMLP._ENTITY) {                   // TextNode and entity Events
+      // get Text content
+      var pContent = p.getContent().substring(p.getContentBegin(), p.getContentEnd());
+      
+	  if (!this.preserveWhiteSpace ) {
+		if (trim(pContent, true, true) == "") {
+			pContent = ""; //this will cause us not to create the text node below
+		}
+	  }
+	  
+      if (pContent.length > 0) {                    // ignore empty TextNodes
+        var textNode = doc.createTextNode(pContent);
+        iNodeParent.appendChild(textNode); // attach TextNode to parentNode
+
+        //the sax parser breaks up text nodes when it finds an entity. For
+        //example hello&lt;there will fire a text, an entity and another text
+        //this sucks for the dom parser because it looks to us in this logic
+        //as three text nodes. I fix this by keeping track of the entity nodes
+        //and when we're done parsing, calling normalize on their parent to
+        //turn the multiple text nodes into one, which is what W3CDOM users expect
+        //the code to do this is at the bottom of this function
+        if (iEvt == XMLP._ENTITY) {
+            entitiesList[entitiesList.length] = textNode;
+        }
+		else {
+			//I can't properly decide how to handle preserve whitespace
+			//until the siblings of the text node are built due to 
+			//the entitiy handling described above. I don't know that this
+			//will be all of the text node or not, so trimming is not appropriate
+			//at this time. Keep a list of all the text nodes for now
+			//and we'll process the preserve whitespace stuff at a later time.
+			textNodesList[textNodesList.length] = textNode;
+		}
+      }
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._PI) {                     // ProcessingInstruction Event
+      // attach ProcessingInstruction to parentNode
+      iNodeParent.appendChild(doc.createProcessingInstruction(p.getName(), p.getContent().substring(p.getContentBegin(), p.getContentEnd())));
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._CDATA) {                  // CDATA Event
+      // get CDATA data
+      pContent = p.getContent().substring(p.getContentBegin(), p.getContentEnd());
+
+      if (!this.preserveWhiteSpace) {
+        pContent = trim(pContent, true, true);      // trim whitespace
+        pContent.replace(/ +/g, ' ');               // collapse multiple spaces to 1 space
+      }
+
+      if (pContent.length > 0) {                    // ignore empty CDATANodes
+        iNodeParent.appendChild(doc.createCDATASection(pContent)); // attach CDATA to parentNode
+      }
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._COMMENT) {                // Comment Event
+      // get COMMENT data
+      var pContent = p.getContent().substring(p.getContentBegin(), p.getContentEnd());
+
+      if (!this.preserveWhiteSpace) {
+        pContent = trim(pContent, true, true);      // trim whitespace
+        pContent.replace(/ +/g, ' ');               // collapse multiple spaces to 1 space
+      }
+
+      if (pContent.length > 0) {                    // ignore empty CommentNodes
+        iNodeParent.appendChild(doc.createComment(pContent));  // attach Comment to parentNode
+      }
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._DTD) {                    // ignore DTD events
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._ERROR) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.SYNTAX_ERR));
+      // alert("Fatal Error: " + p.getContent() + "\nLine: " + p.getLineNumber() + "\nColumn: " + p.getColumnNumber() + "\n");
+      // break;
+    }
+    else if(iEvt == XMLP._NONE) {                   // no more events
+      if (iNodeParent == doc) {                     // confirm that we have recursed back up to root
+        break;
+      }
+      else {
+        throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.SYNTAX_ERR));  // one or more Tags were not closed properly
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  //normalize any entities in the W3CDOM to a single textNode
+  var intCount = entitiesList.length;
+  for (intLoop = 0; intLoop < intCount; intLoop++) {
+      var entity = entitiesList[intLoop];
+      //its possible (if for example two entities were in the
+      //same domnode, that the normalize on the first entitiy
+      //will remove the parent for the second. Only do normalize
+      //if I can find a parent node
+      var parentNode = entity.getParentNode();
+      if (parentNode) {
+          parentNode.normalize();
+		  
+		  //now do whitespace (if necessary)
+		  //it was not done for text nodes that have entities
+		  if(!this.preserveWhiteSpace) {
+		  		var children = parentNode.getChildNodes();
+				var intCount2 = children.getLength();
+				for ( intLoop2 = 0; intLoop2 < intCount2; intLoop2++) {
+					var child = children.item(intLoop2);
+					if (child.getNodeType() == W3CDOMNode.TEXT_NODE) {
+						var childData = child.getData();
+						childData = trim(childData, true, true);
+						childData.replace(/ +/g, ' ');
+						child.setData(childData);
+					}
+				}
+		  }
+      }
+  }
+  
+  //do the preserve whitespace processing on the rest of the text nodes
+  //It's possible (due to the processing above) that the node will have been
+  //removed from the tree. Only do whitespace checking if parentNode is not null.
+  //This may duplicate the whitespace processing for some nodes that had entities in them
+  //but there's no way around that
+  if (!this.preserveWhiteSpace) {
+  	var intCount = textNodesList.length;
+	for (intLoop = 0; intLoop < intCount; intLoop++) {
+		var node = textNodesList[intLoop];
+		if (node.getParentNode() != null) {
+			var nodeData = node.getData();
+			nodeData = trim(nodeData, true, true);
+			nodeData.replace(/ +/g, ' ');
+			node.setData(nodeData);
+		}
+	}
+  
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._isNamespaceDeclaration - Return true, if attributeName is a namespace declaration
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  attributeName : string - the attribute name
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._isNamespaceDeclaration = function W3CDOMImplementation__isNamespaceDeclaration(attributeName) {
+  // test if attributeName is 'xmlns'
+  return (attributeName.indexOf('xmlns') > -1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._isIdDeclaration - Return true, if attributeName is an id declaration
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  attributeName : string - the attribute name
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._isIdDeclaration = function W3CDOMImplementation__isIdDeclaration(attributeName) {
+  // test if attributeName is 'id' (case insensitive)
+  return (attributeName.toLowerCase() == 'id');
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._isValidName - Return true,
+ *   if name contains no invalid characters
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - the candidate name
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._isValidName = function W3CDOMImplementation__isValidName(name) {
+  // test if name contains only valid characters
+  return name.match(re_validName);
+}
+re_validName = /^[a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_:]*$/;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._isValidString - Return true, if string does not contain any illegal chars
+ *  All of the characters 0 through 31 and character 127 are nonprinting control characters.
+ *  With the exception of characters 09, 10, and 13, (Ox09, Ox0A, and Ox0D)
+ *  Note: different from _isValidName in that ValidStrings may contain spaces
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - the candidate string
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._isValidString = function W3CDOMImplementation__isValidString(name) {
+  // test that string does not contains invalid characters
+  return (name.search(re_invalidStringChars) < 0);
+}
+re_invalidStringChars = /\x01|\x02|\x03|\x04|\x05|\x06|\x07|\x08|\x0B|\x0C|\x0E|\x0F|\x10|\x11|\x12|\x13|\x14|\x15|\x16|\x17|\x18|\x19|\x1A|\x1B|\x1C|\x1D|\x1E|\x1F|\x7F/
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._parseNSName - parse the namespace name.
+ *  if there is no colon, the
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - The qualified name
+ *
+ * @return : NSName - [
+ *                     .prefix        : string - The prefix part of the qname
+ *                     .namespaceName : string - The namespaceURI part of the qname
+ *                    ]
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._parseNSName = function W3CDOMImplementation__parseNSName(qualifiedName) {
+  var resultNSName = new Object();
+
+  resultNSName.prefix          = qualifiedName;  // unless the qname has a namespaceName, the prefix is the entire String
+  resultNSName.namespaceName   = "";
+
+  // split on ':'
+  delimPos = qualifiedName.indexOf(':');
+
+  if (delimPos > -1) {
+    // get prefix
+    resultNSName.prefix        = qualifiedName.substring(0, delimPos);
+
+    // get namespaceName
+    resultNSName.namespaceName = qualifiedName.substring(delimPos +1, qualifiedName.length);
+  }
+
+  return resultNSName;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMImplementation._parseQName - parse the qualified name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - The qualified name
+ *
+ * @return : QName
+ */
+W3CDOMImplementation.prototype._parseQName = function W3CDOMImplementation__parseQName(qualifiedName) {
+  var resultQName = new Object();
+
+  resultQName.localName = qualifiedName;  // unless the qname has a prefix, the local name is the entire String
+  resultQName.prefix    = "";
+
+  // split on ':'
+  delimPos = qualifiedName.indexOf(':');
+
+  if (delimPos > -1) {
+    // get prefix
+    resultQName.prefix    = qualifiedName.substring(0, delimPos);
+
+    // get localName
+    resultQName.localName = qualifiedName.substring(delimPos +1, qualifiedName.length);
+  }
+
+  return resultQName;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMNodeList - provides the abstraction of an ordered collection of nodes
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - the ownerDocument
+ * @param  parentNode    : W3CDOMNode - the node that the W3CDOMNodeList is attached to (or null)
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList = function(ownerDocument, parentNode) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMNodeList");
+  this._nodes = new Array();
+
+  this.length = 0;
+  this.parentNode = parentNode;
+  this.ownerDocument = ownerDocument;
+
+  this._readonly = false;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList.getLength - Java style gettor for .length
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : int
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype.getLength = function W3CDOMNodeList_getLength() {
+  return this.length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList.item - Returns the indexth item in the collection.
+ *   If index is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in the list, this returns null.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  index : int - Index into the collection.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node at the indexth position in the NodeList, or null if that is not a valid index
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype.item = function W3CDOMNodeList_item(index) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  if ((index >= 0) && (index < this._nodes.length)) { // bounds check
+    ret = this._nodes[index];                    // return selected Node
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if the index is out of bounds, default value null is returned
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList._findItemIndex - find the item index of the node with the specified internal id
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  id : int - unique internal id
+ *
+ * @return : int
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype._findItemIndex = function W3CDOMNodeList__findItemIndex(id) {
+  var ret = -1;
+
+  // test that id is valid
+  if (id > -1) {
+    for (var i=0; i<this._nodes.length; i++) {
+      // compare id to each node's _id
+      if (this._nodes[i]._id == id) {            // found it!
+        ret = i;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value -1 is returned
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList._insertBefore - insert the specified Node into the NodeList before the specified index
+ *   Used by W3CDOMNode.insertBefore(). Note: W3CDOMNode.insertBefore() is responsible for Node Pointer surgery
+ *   W3CDOMNodeList._insertBefore() simply modifies the internal data structure (Array).
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newChild      : W3CDOMNode - the Node to be inserted
+ * @param  refChildIndex : int     - the array index to insert the Node before
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype._insertBefore = function W3CDOMNodeList__insertBefore(newChild, refChildIndex) {
+  if ((refChildIndex >= 0) && (refChildIndex < this._nodes.length)) { // bounds check
+    // get array containing children prior to refChild
+    var tmpArr = new Array();
+    tmpArr = this._nodes.slice(0, refChildIndex);
+
+    if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {  // node is a DocumentFragment
+      // append the children of DocumentFragment
+      tmpArr = tmpArr.concat(newChild.childNodes._nodes);
+    }
+    else {
+      // append the newChild
+      tmpArr[tmpArr.length] = newChild;
+    }
+
+    // append the remaining original children (including refChild)
+    this._nodes = tmpArr.concat(this._nodes.slice(refChildIndex));
+
+    this.length = this._nodes.length;            // update length
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList._replaceChild - replace the specified Node in the NodeList at the specified index
+ *   Used by W3CDOMNode.replaceChild(). Note: W3CDOMNode.replaceChild() is responsible for Node Pointer surgery
+ *   W3CDOMNodeList._replaceChild() simply modifies the internal data structure (Array).
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newChild      : W3CDOMNode - the Node to be inserted
+ * @param  refChildIndex : int     - the array index to hold the Node
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype._replaceChild = function W3CDOMNodeList__replaceChild(newChild, refChildIndex) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  if ((refChildIndex >= 0) && (refChildIndex < this._nodes.length)) { // bounds check
+    ret = this._nodes[refChildIndex];            // preserve old child for return
+
+    if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {  // node is a DocumentFragment
+      // get array containing children prior to refChild
+      var tmpArr = new Array();
+      tmpArr = this._nodes.slice(0, refChildIndex);
+
+      // append the children of DocumentFragment
+      tmpArr = tmpArr.concat(newChild.childNodes._nodes);
+
+      // append the remaining original children (not including refChild)
+      this._nodes = tmpArr.concat(this._nodes.slice(refChildIndex + 1));
+    }
+    else {
+      // simply replace node in array (links between Nodes are made at higher level)
+      this._nodes[refChildIndex] = newChild;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                   // return replaced node
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList._removeChild - remove the specified Node in the NodeList at the specified index
+ *   Used by W3CDOMNode.removeChild(). Note: W3CDOMNode.removeChild() is responsible for Node Pointer surgery
+ *   W3CDOMNodeList._replaceChild() simply modifies the internal data structure (Array).
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  refChildIndex : int - the array index holding the Node to be removed
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype._removeChild = function W3CDOMNodeList__removeChild(refChildIndex) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  if (refChildIndex > -1) {                              // found it!
+    ret = this._nodes[refChildIndex];                    // return removed node
+
+    // rebuild array without removed child
+    var tmpArr = new Array();
+    tmpArr = this._nodes.slice(0, refChildIndex);
+    this._nodes = tmpArr.concat(this._nodes.slice(refChildIndex +1));
+
+    this.length = this._nodes.length;            // update length
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                   // return removed node
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList._appendChild - append the specified Node to the NodeList
+ *   Used by W3CDOMNode.appendChild(). Note: W3CDOMNode.appendChild() is responsible for Node Pointer surgery
+ *   W3CDOMNodeList._appendChild() simply modifies the internal data structure (Array).
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newChild      : W3CDOMNode - the Node to be inserted
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype._appendChild = function W3CDOMNodeList__appendChild(newChild) {
+
+  if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {  // node is a DocumentFragment
+    // append the children of DocumentFragment
+    this._nodes = this._nodes.concat(newChild.childNodes._nodes);
+  }
+  else {
+    // simply add node to array (links between Nodes are made at higher level)
+    this._nodes[this._nodes.length] = newChild;
+  }
+
+  this.length = this._nodes.length;              // update length
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList._cloneNodes - Returns a NodeList containing clones of the Nodes in this NodeList
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  deep : boolean - If true, recursively clone the subtree under each of the nodes;
+ *   if false, clone only the nodes themselves (and their attributes, if it is an Element).
+ * @param  parentNode : W3CDOMNode - the new parent of the cloned NodeList
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNodeList - NodeList containing clones of the Nodes in this NodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype._cloneNodes = function W3CDOMNodeList__cloneNodes(deep, parentNode) {
+  var cloneNodeList = new W3CDOMNodeList(this.ownerDocument, parentNode);
+
+  // create list containing clones of each child
+  for (var i=0; i < this._nodes.length; i++) {
+    cloneNodeList._appendChild(this._nodes[i].cloneNode(deep));
+  }
+
+  return cloneNodeList;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNodeList.toString - Serialize this NodeList into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNodeList.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMNodeList_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // create string containing the concatenation of the string values of each child
+  for (var i=0; i < this.length; i++) {
+    ret += this._nodes[i].toString();
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMNamedNodeMap - used to represent collections of nodes that can be accessed by name
+ *  typically a set of Element attributes
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNodeList - note W3C spec says that this is not the case,
+ *   but we need an item() method identicle to W3CDOMNodeList's, so why not?
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - the ownerDocument
+ * @param  parentNode    : W3CDOMNode - the node that the W3CDOMNamedNodeMap is attached to (or null)
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap = function(ownerDocument, parentNode) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMNamedNodeMap");
+  this.W3CDOMNodeList = W3CDOMNodeList;
+  this.W3CDOMNodeList(ownerDocument, parentNode);
+};
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype = new W3CDOMNodeList;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.getNamedItem - Retrieves a node specified by name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - Name of a node to retrieve
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.getNamedItem = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_getNamedItem(name) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  // test that Named Node exists
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemIndex(name);
+
+  if (itemIndex > -1) {                          // found it!
+    ret = this._nodes[itemIndex];                // return NamedNode
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value null is returned
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.setNamedItem - Adds a node using its nodeName attribute
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  arg : W3CDOMNode - A node to store in a named node map.
+ *   The node will later be accessible using the value of the nodeName attribute of the node.
+ *   If a node with that name is already present in the map, it is replaced by the new one.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this NamedNodeMap is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if arg is an Attr that is already an attribute of another Element object.
+ *  The W3CDOM user must explicitly clone Attr nodes to re-use them in other elements.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - If the new Node replaces an existing node with the same name the previously existing Node is returned,
+ *   otherwise null is returned
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.setNamedItem = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_setNamedItem(arg) {
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if arg was not created by this Document
+    if (this.ownerDocument != arg.ownerDocument) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMNamedNodeMap is readonly
+    if (this._readonly || (this.parentNode && this.parentNode._readonly)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if arg is already an attribute of another Element object
+    if (arg.ownerElement && (arg.ownerElement != this.parentNode)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // get item index
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemIndex(arg.name);
+  var ret = null;
+
+  if (itemIndex > -1) {                          // found it!
+    ret = this._nodes[itemIndex];                // use existing Attribute
+
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMAttr is readonly
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && ret._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+    else {
+      this._nodes[itemIndex] = arg;                // over-write existing NamedNode
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    this._nodes[this.length] = arg;              // add new NamedNode
+  }
+
+  this.length = this._nodes.length;              // update length
+
+  arg.ownerElement = this.parentNode;            // update ownerElement
+
+  return ret;                                    // return old node or null
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.removeNamedItem - Removes a node specified by name.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - The name of a node to remove
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named name in this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this NamedNodeMap is readonly.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node removed from the map or null if no node with such a name exists.
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.removeNamedItem = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_removeNamedItem(name) {
+  var ret = null;
+  // test for exceptions
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMNamedNodeMap is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (this._readonly || (this.parentNode && this.parentNode._readonly))) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // get item index
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemIndex(name);
+
+  // throw Exception if there is no node named name in this map
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (itemIndex < 0)) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // get Node
+  var oldNode = this._nodes[itemIndex];
+
+  // throw Exception if Node is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && oldNode._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // return removed node
+  return this._removeChild(itemIndex);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.getNamedItemNS - Retrieves a node specified by name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.getNamedItemNS = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  // test that Named Node exists
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemNSIndex(namespaceURI, localName);
+
+  if (itemIndex > -1) {                          // found it!
+    ret = this._nodes[itemIndex];                // return NamedNode
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value null is returned
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.setNamedItemNS - Adds a node using
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  arg : string - A node to store in a named node map.
+ *   The node will later be accessible using the value of the nodeName attribute of the node.
+ *   If a node with that name is already present in the map, it is replaced by the new one.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this NamedNodeMap is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if arg is an Attr that is already an attribute of another Element object.
+ *   The W3CDOM user must explicitly clone Attr nodes to re-use them in other elements.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - If the new Node replaces an existing node with the same name the previously existing Node is returned,
+ *   otherwise null is returned
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.setNamedItemNS = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_setNamedItemNS(arg) {
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMNamedNodeMap is readonly
+    if (this._readonly || (this.parentNode && this.parentNode._readonly)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if arg was not created by this Document
+    if (this.ownerDocument != arg.ownerDocument) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if arg is already an attribute of another Element object
+    if (arg.ownerElement && (arg.ownerElement != this.parentNode)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // get item index
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemNSIndex(arg.namespaceURI, arg.localName);
+  var ret = null;
+
+  if (itemIndex > -1) {                          // found it!
+    ret = this._nodes[itemIndex];                // use existing Attribute
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMAttr is readonly
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && ret._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+    else {
+      this._nodes[itemIndex] = arg;                // over-write existing NamedNode
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    this._nodes[this.length] = arg;              // add new NamedNode
+  }
+
+  this.length = this._nodes.length;              // update length
+
+  arg.ownerElement = this.parentNode;
+
+
+  return ret;                                    // return old node or null
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.removeNamedItemNS - Removes a node specified by name.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node with the specified namespaceURI and localName in this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this NamedNodeMap is readonly.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node removed from the map or null if no node with such a name exists.
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.removeNamedItemNS = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_removeNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMNamedNodeMap is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (this._readonly || (this.parentNode && this.parentNode._readonly))) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // get item index
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemNSIndex(namespaceURI, localName);
+
+  // throw Exception if there is no matching node in this map
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (itemIndex < 0)) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // get Node
+  var oldNode = this._nodes[itemIndex];
+
+  // throw Exception if Node is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && oldNode._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  return this._removeChild(itemIndex);             // return removed node
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._findNamedItemIndex - find the item index of the node with the specified name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - the name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : int
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype._findNamedItemIndex = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap__findNamedItemIndex(name) {
+  var ret = -1;
+
+  // loop through all nodes
+  for (var i=0; i<this._nodes.length; i++) {
+    // compare name to each node's nodeName
+    if (this._nodes[i].name == name) {         // found it!
+      ret = i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value -1 is returned
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._findNamedItemNSIndex - find the item index of the node with the specified namespaceURI and localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : int
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype._findNamedItemNSIndex = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap__findNamedItemNSIndex(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  var ret = -1;
+
+  // test that localName is not null
+  if (localName) {
+    // loop through all nodes
+    for (var i=0; i<this._nodes.length; i++) {
+      // compare name to each node's namespaceURI and localName
+      if ((this._nodes[i].namespaceURI == namespaceURI) && (this._nodes[i].localName == localName)) {
+        ret = i;                                 // found it!
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value -1 is returned
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._hasAttribute - Returns true if specified node exists
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - the name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype._hasAttribute = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap__hasAttribute(name) {
+  var ret = false;
+
+  // test that Named Node exists
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemIndex(name);
+
+  if (itemIndex > -1) {                          // found it!
+    ret = true;                                  // return true
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value false is returned
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._hasAttributeNS - Returns true if specified node exists
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype._hasAttributeNS = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap__hasAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  var ret = false;
+
+  // test that Named Node exists
+  var itemIndex = this._findNamedItemNSIndex(namespaceURI, localName);
+
+  if (itemIndex > -1) {                          // found it!
+    ret = true;                                  // return true
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value false is returned
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._cloneNodes - Returns a NamedNodeMap containing clones of the Nodes in this NamedNodeMap
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  parentNode : W3CDOMNode - the new parent of the cloned NodeList
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNamedNodeMap - NamedNodeMap containing clones of the Nodes in this W3CDOMNamedNodeMap
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype._cloneNodes = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap__cloneNodes(parentNode) {
+  var cloneNamedNodeMap = new W3CDOMNamedNodeMap(this.ownerDocument, parentNode);
+
+  // create list containing clones of all children
+  for (var i=0; i < this._nodes.length; i++) {
+    cloneNamedNodeMap._appendChild(this._nodes[i].cloneNode(false));
+  }
+
+  return cloneNamedNodeMap;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.toString - Serialize this NodeMap into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMNamedNodeMap_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // create string containing concatenation of all (but last) Attribute string values (separated by spaces)
+  for (var i=0; i < this.length -1; i++) {
+    ret += this._nodes[i].toString() +" ";
+  }
+
+  // add last Attribute to string (without trailing space)
+  if (this.length > 0) {
+    ret += this._nodes[this.length -1].toString();
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap - used to represent collections of namespace nodes that can be accessed by name
+ *  typically a set of Element attributes
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNamedNodeMap
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - the ownerDocument
+ * @param  parentNode    : W3CDOMNode - the node that the W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap is attached to (or null)
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap = function(ownerDocument, parentNode) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap");
+  this.W3CDOMNamedNodeMap = W3CDOMNamedNodeMap;
+  this.W3CDOMNamedNodeMap(ownerDocument, parentNode);
+};
+W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap.prototype = new W3CDOMNamedNodeMap;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap._findNamedItemIndex - find the item index of the node with the specified localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  localName : string - the localName of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : int
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap.prototype._findNamedItemIndex = function W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap__findNamedItemIndex(localName) {
+  var ret = -1;
+
+  // loop through all nodes
+  for (var i=0; i<this._nodes.length; i++) {
+    // compare name to each node's nodeName
+    if (this._nodes[i].localName == localName) {         // found it!
+      ret = i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;                                    // if node is not found, default value -1 is returned
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap._cloneNodes - Returns a NamespaceNodeMap containing clones of the Nodes in this NamespaceNodeMap
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  parentNode : W3CDOMNode - the new parent of the cloned NodeList
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap - NamespaceNodeMap containing clones of the Nodes in this NamespaceNodeMap
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap.prototype._cloneNodes = function W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap__cloneNodes(parentNode) {
+  var cloneNamespaceNodeMap = new W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap(this.ownerDocument, parentNode);
+
+  // create list containing clones of all children
+  for (var i=0; i < this._nodes.length; i++) {
+    cloneNamespaceNodeMap._appendChild(this._nodes[i].cloneNode(false));
+  }
+
+  return cloneNamespaceNodeMap;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap.toString - Serialize this NamespaceNodeMap into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // identify namespaces declared local to this Element (ie, not inherited)
+  for (var ind = 0; ind < this._nodes.length; ind++) {
+    // if namespace declaration does not exist in the containing node's, parentNode's namespaces
+    var ns = null;
+    try {
+        var ns = this.parentNode.parentNode._namespaces.getNamedItem(this._nodes[ind].localName);
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        //breaking to prevent default namespace being inserted into return value
+        break;
+    }
+    if (!(ns && (""+ ns.nodeValue == ""+ this._nodes[ind].nodeValue))) {
+      // display the namespace declaration
+      ret += this._nodes[ind].toString() +" ";
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMNode - The Node interface is the primary datatype for the entire Document Object Model.
+ *   It represents a single node in the document tree.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMNode = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMNode");
+
+  if (ownerDocument) {
+    this._id = ownerDocument._genId();           // generate unique internal id
+  }
+
+  this.namespaceURI = "";                        // The namespace URI of this node (Level 2)
+  this.prefix       = "";                        // The namespace prefix of this node (Level 2)
+  this.localName    = "";                        // The localName of this node (Level 2)
+
+  this.nodeName = "";                            // The name of this node
+  this.nodeValue = "";                           // The value of this node
+  this.nodeType = 0;                             // A code representing the type of the underlying object
+
+  // The parent of this node. All nodes, except Document, DocumentFragment, and Attr may have a parent.
+  // However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, this is null
+  this.parentNode      = null;
+
+  // A NodeList that contains all children of this node. If there are no children, this is a NodeList containing no nodes.
+  // The content of the returned NodeList is "live" in the sense that, for instance, changes to the children of the node object
+  // that it was created from are immediately reflected in the nodes returned by the NodeList accessors;
+  // it is not a static snapshot of the content of the node. This is true for every NodeList, including the ones returned by the getElementsByTagName method.
+  this.childNodes      = new W3CDOMNodeList(ownerDocument, this);
+
+  this.firstChild      = null;                   // The first child of this node. If there is no such node, this is null
+  this.lastChild       = null;                   // The last child of this node. If there is no such node, this is null.
+  this.previousSibling = null;                   // The node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, this is null.
+  this.nextSibling     = null;                   // The node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, this is null.
+
+  this.attributes = new W3CDOMNamedNodeMap(ownerDocument, this);   // A NamedNodeMap containing the attributes of this node (if it is an Element) or null otherwise.
+  this.ownerDocument   = ownerDocument;          // The Document object associated with this node
+  this._namespaces = new W3CDOMNamespaceNodeMap(ownerDocument, this);  // The namespaces in scope for this node
+
+  this._readonly = false;
+};
+
+// nodeType constants
+W3CDOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE                = 1;
+W3CDOMNode.ATTRIBUTE_NODE              = 2;
+W3CDOMNode.TEXT_NODE                   = 3;
+W3CDOMNode.CDATA_SECTION_NODE          = 4;
+W3CDOMNode.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE       = 5;
+W3CDOMNode.ENTITY_NODE                 = 6;
+W3CDOMNode.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7;
+W3CDOMNode.COMMENT_NODE                = 8;
+W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE               = 9;
+W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE          = 10;
+W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE      = 11;
+W3CDOMNode.NOTATION_NODE               = 12;
+W3CDOMNode.NAMESPACE_NODE              = 13;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.hasAttributes
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) & David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.hasAttributes = function W3CDOMNode_hasAttributes() {
+    if (this.attributes.length == 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    else {
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getNodeName - Java style gettor for .nodeName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getNodeName = function W3CDOMNode_getNodeName() {
+  return this.nodeName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getNodeValue - Java style gettor for .NodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getNodeValue = function W3CDOMNode_getNodeValue() {
+  return this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.setNodeValue - Java style settor for .NodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  nodeValue : string - unique internal id
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.setNodeValue = function W3CDOMNode_setNodeValue(nodeValue) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMNode is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  this.nodeValue = nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getNodeType - Java style gettor for .nodeType
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : int
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getNodeType = function W3CDOMNode_getNodeType() {
+  return this.nodeType;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getParentNode - Java style gettor for .parentNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getParentNode = function W3CDOMNode_getParentNode() {
+  return this.parentNode;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getChildNodes - Java style gettor for .childNodes
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getChildNodes = function W3CDOMNode_getChildNodes() {
+  return this.childNodes;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getFirstChild - Java style gettor for .firstChild
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getFirstChild = function W3CDOMNode_getFirstChild() {
+  return this.firstChild;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getLastChild - Java style gettor for .lastChild
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getLastChild = function W3CDOMNode_getLastChild() {
+  return this.lastChild;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getPreviousSibling - Java style gettor for .previousSibling
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getPreviousSibling = function W3CDOMNode_getPreviousSibling() {
+  return this.previousSibling;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getNextSibling - Java style gettor for .nextSibling
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getNextSibling = function W3CDOMNode_getNextSibling() {
+  return this.nextSibling;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getAttributes - Java style gettor for .attributes
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNamedNodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getAttributes = function W3CDOMNode_getAttributes() {
+  return this.attributes;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getOwnerDocument - Java style gettor for .ownerDocument
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMDocument
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getOwnerDocument = function W3CDOMNode_getOwnerDocument() {
+  return this.ownerDocument;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getNamespaceURI - Java style gettor for .namespaceURI
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : String
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getNamespaceURI = function W3CDOMNode_getNamespaceURI() {
+  return this.namespaceURI;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getPrefix - Java style gettor for .prefix
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : String
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getPrefix = function W3CDOMNode_getPrefix() {
+  return this.prefix;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.setPrefix - Java style settor for .prefix
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param   prefix : String
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Node is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the Namespace is invalid
+ *
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.setPrefix = function W3CDOMNode_setPrefix(prefix) {
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMNode is readonly
+    if (this._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the prefix string contains an illegal character
+    if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidName(prefix)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the Namespace is invalid;
+    //  if the specified prefix is malformed,
+    //  if the namespaceURI of this node is null,
+    //  if the specified prefix is "xml" and the namespaceURI of this node is
+    //   different from "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace",
+    if (!this.ownerDocument._isValidNamespace(this.namespaceURI, prefix +":"+ this.localName)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if we are trying to make the attribute look like a namespace declaration;
+    //  if this node is an attribute and the specified prefix is "xmlns"
+    //   and the namespaceURI of this node is different from "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/",
+    if ((prefix == "xmlns") && (this.namespaceURI != "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if we are trying to make the attribute look like a default namespace declaration;
+    //  if this node is an attribute and the qualifiedName of this node is "xmlns" [Namespaces].
+    if ((prefix == "") && (this.localName == "xmlns")) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // update prefix
+  this.prefix = prefix;
+
+  // update nodeName (QName)
+  if (this.prefix != "") {
+    this.nodeName = this.prefix +":"+ this.localName;
+  }
+  else {
+    this.nodeName = this.localName;  // no prefix, therefore nodeName is simply localName
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getLocalName - Java style gettor for .localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : String
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getLocalName = function W3CDOMNode_getLocalName() {
+  return this.localName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.insertBefore - Inserts the node newChild before the existing child node refChild.
+ *   If refChild is null, insert newChild at the end of the list of children.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newChild : W3CDOMNode - The node to insert.
+ * @param  refChild : W3CDOMNode - The reference node, i.e., the node before which the new node must be inserted
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the node to insert is one of this node's ancestors
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Node is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named name in this map.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node being inserted.
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.insertBefore = function W3CDOMNode_insertBefore(newChild, refChild) {
+  var prevNode;
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMNode is readonly
+    if (this._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if newChild was not created by this Document
+    if (this.ownerDocument != newChild.ownerDocument) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the node is an ancestor
+    if (this._isAncestor(newChild)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (refChild) {                                // if refChild is specified, insert before it
+    // find index of refChild
+    var itemIndex = this.childNodes._findItemIndex(refChild._id);
+
+    // throw Exception if there is no child node with this id
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (itemIndex < 0)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // if the newChild is already in the tree,
+    var newChildParent = newChild.parentNode;
+    if (newChildParent) {
+      // remove it
+      newChildParent.removeChild(newChild);
+    }
+
+    // insert newChild into childNodes
+    this.childNodes._insertBefore(newChild, this.childNodes._findItemIndex(refChild._id));
+
+    // do node pointer surgery
+    prevNode = refChild.previousSibling;
+
+    // handle DocumentFragment
+    if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+      if (newChild.childNodes._nodes.length > 0) {
+        // set the parentNode of DocumentFragment's children
+        for (var ind = 0; ind < newChild.childNodes._nodes.length; ind++) {
+          newChild.childNodes._nodes[ind].parentNode = this;
+        }
+
+        // link refChild to last child of DocumentFragment
+        refChild.previousSibling = newChild.childNodes._nodes[newChild.childNodes._nodes.length-1];
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      newChild.parentNode = this;                // set the parentNode of the newChild
+      refChild.previousSibling = newChild;       // link refChild to newChild
+    }
+  }
+  else {                                         // otherwise, append to end
+    prevNode = this.lastChild;
+    this.appendChild(newChild);
+  }
+
+  if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+    // do node pointer surgery for DocumentFragment
+    if (newChild.childNodes._nodes.length > 0) {
+      if (prevNode) {
+        prevNode.nextSibling = newChild.childNodes._nodes[0];
+      }
+      else {                                         // this is the first child in the list
+        this.firstChild = newChild.childNodes._nodes[0];
+      }
+
+      newChild.childNodes._nodes[0].previousSibling = prevNode;
+      newChild.childNodes._nodes[newChild.childNodes._nodes.length-1].nextSibling = refChild;
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    // do node pointer surgery for newChild
+    if (prevNode) {
+      prevNode.nextSibling = newChild;
+    }
+    else {                                         // this is the first child in the list
+      this.firstChild = newChild;
+    }
+
+    newChild.previousSibling = prevNode;
+    newChild.nextSibling     = refChild;
+  }
+
+  return newChild;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.replaceChild - Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild in the list of children,
+ *   and returns the oldChild node.
+ *   If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newChild : W3CDOMNode - The node to insert.
+ * @param  oldChild : W3CDOMNode - The node being replaced in the list.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the node to insert is one of this node's ancestors
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Node is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named name in this map.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node that was replaced
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.replaceChild = function W3CDOMNode_replaceChild(newChild, oldChild) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if W3CDOMNode is readonly
+    if (this._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if newChild was not created by this Document
+    if (this.ownerDocument != newChild.ownerDocument) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the node is an ancestor
+    if (this._isAncestor(newChild)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // get index of oldChild
+  var index = this.childNodes._findItemIndex(oldChild._id);
+
+  // throw Exception if there is no child node with this id
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (index < 0)) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // if the newChild is already in the tree,
+  var newChildParent = newChild.parentNode;
+  if (newChildParent) {
+    // remove it
+    newChildParent.removeChild(newChild);
+  }
+
+  // add newChild to childNodes
+  ret = this.childNodes._replaceChild(newChild, index);
+
+
+  if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+    // do node pointer surgery for Document Fragment
+    if (newChild.childNodes._nodes.length > 0) {
+      for (var ind = 0; ind < newChild.childNodes._nodes.length; ind++) {
+        newChild.childNodes._nodes[ind].parentNode = this;
+      }
+
+      if (oldChild.previousSibling) {
+        oldChild.previousSibling.nextSibling = newChild.childNodes._nodes[0];
+      }
+      else {
+        this.firstChild = newChild.childNodes._nodes[0];
+      }
+
+      if (oldChild.nextSibling) {
+        oldChild.nextSibling.previousSibling = newChild;
+      }
+      else {
+        this.lastChild = newChild.childNodes._nodes[newChild.childNodes._nodes.length-1];
+      }
+
+      newChild.childNodes._nodes[0].previousSibling = oldChild.previousSibling;
+      newChild.childNodes._nodes[newChild.childNodes._nodes.length-1].nextSibling = oldChild.nextSibling;
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    // do node pointer surgery for newChild
+    newChild.parentNode = this;
+
+    if (oldChild.previousSibling) {
+      oldChild.previousSibling.nextSibling = newChild;
+    }
+    else {
+      this.firstChild = newChild;
+    }
+    if (oldChild.nextSibling) {
+      oldChild.nextSibling.previousSibling = newChild;
+    }
+    else {
+      this.lastChild = newChild;
+    }
+    newChild.previousSibling = oldChild.previousSibling;
+    newChild.nextSibling = oldChild.nextSibling;
+  }
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.removeChild - Removes the child node indicated by oldChild from the list of children, and returns it.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  oldChild : W3CDOMNode - The node being removed.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Node is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named name in this map.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node being removed.
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.removeChild = function W3CDOMNode_removeChild(oldChild) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMNamedNodeMap is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (this._readonly || oldChild._readonly)) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // get index of oldChild
+  var itemIndex = this.childNodes._findItemIndex(oldChild._id);
+
+  // throw Exception if there is no child node with this id
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (itemIndex < 0)) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // remove oldChild from childNodes
+  this.childNodes._removeChild(itemIndex);
+
+  // do node pointer surgery
+  oldChild.parentNode = null;
+
+  if (oldChild.previousSibling) {
+    oldChild.previousSibling.nextSibling = oldChild.nextSibling;
+  }
+  else {
+    this.firstChild = oldChild.nextSibling;
+  }
+  if (oldChild.nextSibling) {
+    oldChild.nextSibling.previousSibling = oldChild.previousSibling;
+  }
+  else {
+    this.lastChild = oldChild.previousSibling;
+  }
+
+  oldChild.previousSibling = null;
+  oldChild.nextSibling = null;
+  return oldChild;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.appendChild - Adds the node newChild to the end of the list of children of this node.
+ *   If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newChild : W3CDOMNode - The node to add
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the node to insert is one of this node's ancestors
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Node is readonly.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode - The node added
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.appendChild = function W3CDOMNode_appendChild(newChild) {
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if Node is readonly
+    if (this._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if arg was not created by this Document
+    if (this.ownerDocument != newChild.ownerDocument) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the node is an ancestor
+    if (this._isAncestor(newChild)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if the newChild is already in the tree,
+  var newChildParent = newChild.parentNode;
+  if (newChildParent) {
+    // remove it
+    newChildParent.removeChild(newChild);
+  }
+
+  // add newChild to childNodes
+  this.childNodes._appendChild(newChild);
+
+  if (newChild.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+    // do node pointer surgery for DocumentFragment
+    if (newChild.childNodes._nodes.length > 0) {
+      for (var ind = 0; ind < newChild.childNodes._nodes.length; ind++) {
+        newChild.childNodes._nodes[ind].parentNode = this;
+      }
+
+      if (this.lastChild) {
+        this.lastChild.nextSibling = newChild.childNodes._nodes[0];
+        newChild.childNodes._nodes[0].previousSibling = this.lastChild;
+        this.lastChild = newChild.childNodes._nodes[newChild.childNodes._nodes.length-1];
+      }
+      else {
+        this.lastChild = newChild.childNodes._nodes[newChild.childNodes._nodes.length-1];
+        this.firstChild = newChild.childNodes._nodes[0];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    // do node pointer surgery for newChild
+    newChild.parentNode = this;
+    if (this.lastChild) {
+      this.lastChild.nextSibling = newChild;
+      newChild.previousSibling = this.lastChild;
+      this.lastChild = newChild;
+    }
+    else {
+      this.lastChild = newChild;
+      this.firstChild = newChild;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return newChild;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.hasChildNodes - This is a convenience method to allow easy determination of whether a node has any children.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : boolean - true if the node has any children, false if the node has no children
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.hasChildNodes = function W3CDOMNode_hasChildNodes() {
+  return (this.childNodes.length > 0);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.cloneNode - Returns a duplicate of this node, i.e., serves as a generic copy constructor for nodes.
+ *   The duplicate node has no parent (parentNode returns null.).
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  deep : boolean - If true, recursively clone the subtree under the specified node;
+ *   if false, clone only the node itself (and its attributes, if it is an Element).
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.cloneNode = function W3CDOMNode_cloneNode(deep) {
+  // use importNode to clone this Node
+  //do not throw any exceptions
+  try {
+     return this.ownerDocument.importNode(this, deep);
+  }
+  catch (e) {
+     //there shouldn't be any exceptions, but if there are, return null
+     return null;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.normalize - Puts all Text nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this Element into a "normal" form
+ *   where only markup (e.g., tags, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates Text nodes,
+ *   i.e., there are no adjacent Text nodes.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.normalize = function W3CDOMNode_normalize() {
+  var inode;
+  var nodesToRemove = new W3CDOMNodeList();
+
+  if (this.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE || this.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
+    var adjacentTextNode = null;
+
+    // loop through all childNodes
+    for(var i = 0; i < this.childNodes.length; i++) {
+      inode = this.childNodes.item(i);
+
+      if (inode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.TEXT_NODE) { // this node is a text node
+        if (inode.length < 1) {                  // this text node is empty
+          nodesToRemove._appendChild(inode);      // add this node to the list of nodes to be remove
+        }
+        else {
+          if (adjacentTextNode) {                // if previous node was also text
+            adjacentTextNode.appendData(inode.data);     // merge the data in adjacent text nodes
+            nodesToRemove._appendChild(inode);    // add this node to the list of nodes to be removed
+          }
+          else {
+              adjacentTextNode = inode;              // remember this node for next cycle
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        adjacentTextNode = null;                 // (soon to be) previous node is not a text node
+        inode.normalize();                       // normalise non Text childNodes
+      }
+    }
+
+    // remove redundant Text Nodes
+    for(var i = 0; i < nodesToRemove.length; i++) {
+      inode = nodesToRemove.item(i);
+      inode.parentNode.removeChild(inode);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.isSupported - Test if the W3CDOM implementation implements a specific feature
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  feature : string - The package name of the feature to test. the legal only values are "XML" and "CORE" (case-insensitive).
+ * @param  version : string - This is the version number of the package name to test. In Level 1, this is the string "1.0".
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.isSupported = function W3CDOMNode_isSupported(feature, version) {
+  // use Implementation.hasFeature to determin if this feature is supported
+  return this.ownerDocument.implementation.hasFeature(feature, version);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getElementsByTagName - Returns a NodeList of all the Elements with a given tag name
+ *   in the order in which they would be encountered in a preorder traversal of the Document tree.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  tagname : string - The name of the tag to match on. The special value "*" matches all tags
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getElementsByTagName = function W3CDOMNode_getElementsByTagName(tagname) {
+  // delegate to _getElementsByTagNameRecursive
+  return this._getElementsByTagNameRecursive(tagname, new W3CDOMNodeList(this.ownerDocument));
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode._getElementsByTagNameRecursive - implements getElementsByTagName()
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ *
+ * @param  tagname  : string      - The name of the tag to match on. The special value "*" matches all tags
+ * @param  nodeList : W3CDOMNodeList - The accumulating list of matching nodes
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype._getElementsByTagNameRecursive = function W3CDOMNode__getElementsByTagNameRecursive(tagname, nodeList) {
+  if (this.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE || this.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
+
+    if((this.nodeName == tagname) || (tagname == "*")) {
+      nodeList._appendChild(this);               // add matching node to nodeList
+    }
+
+    // recurse childNodes
+    for(var i = 0; i < this.childNodes.length; i++) {
+      nodeList = this.childNodes.item(i)._getElementsByTagNameRecursive(tagname, nodeList);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return nodeList;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getXML - Returns the String XML of the node and all of its children
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string - XML String of the XML of the node and all of its children
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getXML = function W3CDOMNode_getXML() {
+  return this.toString();
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.getElementsByTagNameNS - Returns a NodeList of all the Elements with a given namespaceURI and localName
+ *   in the order in which they would be encountered in a preorder traversal of the Document tree.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.getElementsByTagNameNS = function W3CDOMNode_getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  // delegate to _getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive
+  return this._getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive(namespaceURI, localName, new W3CDOMNodeList(this.ownerDocument));
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode._getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive - implements getElementsByTagName()
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ * @param  nodeList     : W3CDOMNodeList - The accumulating list of matching nodes
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNodeList
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype._getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive = function W3CDOMNode__getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive(namespaceURI, localName, nodeList) {
+  if (this.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE || this.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
+
+    if (((this.namespaceURI == namespaceURI) || (namespaceURI == "*")) && ((this.localName == localName) || (localName == "*"))) {
+      nodeList._appendChild(this);               // add matching node to nodeList
+    }
+
+    // recurse childNodes
+    for(var i = 0; i < this.childNodes.length; i++) {
+      nodeList = this.childNodes.item(i)._getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive(namespaceURI, localName, nodeList);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return nodeList;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode._isAncestor - returns true if node is ancestor of this
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ *
+ * @param  node         : W3CDOMNode - The candidate ancestor node
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype._isAncestor = function W3CDOMNode__isAncestor(node) {
+  // if this node matches, return true,
+  // otherwise recurse up (if there is a parentNode)
+  return ((this == node) || ((this.parentNode) && (this.parentNode._isAncestor(node))));
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.importNode - Imports a node from another document to this document.
+ *   The returned node has no parent; (parentNode is null).
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  importedNode : Node - The Node to be imported
+ * @param  deep         : boolean - If true, recursively clone the subtree under the specified node;
+ *   if false, clone only the node itself (and its attributes, if it is an Element).
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNode
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.importNode = function W3CDOMNode_importNode(importedNode, deep) {
+  var importNode;
+
+  //there is no need to perform namespace checks since everything has already gone through them
+  //in order to have gotten into the W3CDOM in the first place. The following line
+  //turns namespace checking off in ._isValidNamespace
+  this.getOwnerDocument()._performingImportNodeOperation = true;
+
+  try {
+    if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+        if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation.namespaceAware) {
+        // create a local Element (with the name of the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createElement(importedNode.tagName);
+
+        // create attributes matching those of the importedNode
+        for(var i = 0; i < importedNode.attributes.length; i++) {
+            importNode.setAttribute(importedNode.attributes.item(i).name, importedNode.attributes.item(i).value);
+        }
+        }
+        else {
+        // create a local Element (with the name & namespaceURI of the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createElementNS(importedNode.namespaceURI, importedNode.nodeName);
+
+        // create attributes matching those of the importedNode
+        for(var i = 0; i < importedNode.attributes.length; i++) {
+            importNode.setAttributeNS(importedNode.attributes.item(i).namespaceURI, importedNode.attributes.item(i).name, importedNode.attributes.item(i).value);
+        }
+
+        // create namespace definitions matching those of the importedNode
+        for(var i = 0; i < importedNode._namespaces.length; i++) {
+            importNode._namespaces._nodes[i] = this.ownerDocument.createNamespace(importedNode._namespaces.item(i).localName);
+            importNode._namespaces._nodes[i].setValue(importedNode._namespaces.item(i).value);
+        }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
+        if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation.namespaceAware) {
+        // create a local Attribute (with the name of the importedAttribute)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createAttribute(importedNode.name);
+        }
+        else {
+        // create a local Attribute (with the name & namespaceURI of the importedAttribute)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createAttributeNS(importedNode.namespaceURI, importedNode.nodeName);
+
+        // create namespace definitions matching those of the importedAttribute
+        for(var i = 0; i < importedNode._namespaces.length; i++) {
+            importNode._namespaces._nodes[i] = this.ownerDocument.createNamespace(importedNode._namespaces.item(i).localName);
+            importNode._namespaces._nodes[i].setValue(importedNode._namespaces.item(i).value);
+        }
+        }
+
+        // set the value of the local Attribute to match that of the importedAttribute
+        importNode.setValue(importedNode.value);
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT) {
+        // create a local DocumentFragment
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.NAMESPACE_NODE) {
+        // create a local NamespaceNode (with the same name & value as the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createNamespace(importedNode.nodeName);
+        importNode.setValue(importedNode.value);
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.TEXT_NODE) {
+        // create a local TextNode (with the same data as the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createTextNode(importedNode.data);
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
+        // create a local CDATANode (with the same data as the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createCDATASection(importedNode.data);
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE) {
+        // create a local ProcessingInstruction (with the same target & data as the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createProcessingInstruction(importedNode.target, importedNode.data);
+    }
+    else if (importedNode.nodeType == W3CDOMNode.COMMENT_NODE) {
+        // create a local Comment (with the same data as the importedNode)
+        importNode = this.ownerDocument.createComment(importedNode.data);
+    }
+    else {  // throw Exception if nodeType is not supported
+        throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    if (deep) {                                    // recurse childNodes
+        for(var i = 0; i < importedNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
+        importNode.appendChild(this.ownerDocument.importNode(importedNode.childNodes.item(i), true));
+        }
+    }
+
+    //reset _performingImportNodeOperation
+    this.getOwnerDocument()._performingImportNodeOperation = false;
+    return importNode;
+  }
+  catch (eAny) {
+    //reset _performingImportNodeOperation
+    this.getOwnerDocument()._performingImportNodeOperation = false;
+
+    //re-throw the exception
+    throw eAny;
+  }//djotemp
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.escapeString - escape special characters
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  str : string - The string to be escaped
+ *
+ * @return : string - The escaped string
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.__escapeString = function W3CDOMNode__escapeString(str) {
+
+  //the sax processor already has this function. Just wrap it
+  return __escapeString(str);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNode.unescapeString - unescape special characters
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  str : string - The string to be unescaped
+ *
+ * @return : string - The unescaped string
+ */
+W3CDOMNode.prototype.__unescapeString = function W3CDOMNode__unescapeString(str) {
+
+  //the sax processor already has this function. Just wrap it
+  return __unescapeString(str);
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMDocument - The Document interface represents the entire HTML or XML document.
+ *   Conceptually, it is the root of the document tree, and provides the primary access to the document's data.
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  implementation : W3CDOMImplementation - the creator Implementation
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument = function(implementation) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMDocument");
+  this.W3CDOMNode = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(this);
+
+  this.doctype = null;                           // The Document Type Declaration (see DocumentType) associated with this document
+  this.implementation = implementation;          // The W3CDOMImplementation object that handles this document.
+  this.documentElement = null;                   // This is a convenience attribute that allows direct access to the child node that is the root element of the document
+  this.all  = new Array();                       // The list of all Elements
+
+  this.nodeName  = "#document";
+  this.nodeType = W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_NODE;
+  this._id = 0;
+  this._lastId = 0;
+  this._parseComplete = false;                   // initially false, set to true by parser
+
+  this.ownerDocument = this;
+
+  this._performingImportNodeOperation = false;
+};
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.getDoctype - Java style gettor for .doctype
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMDocument
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.getDoctype = function W3CDOMDocument_getDoctype() {
+  return this.doctype;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.getImplementation - Java style gettor for .implementation
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMImplementation
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.getImplementation = function W3CDOMDocument_implementation() {
+  return this.implementation;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.getDocumentElement - Java style gettor for .documentElement
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMDocumentElement
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.getDocumentElement = function W3CDOMDocument_getDocumentElement() {
+  return this.documentElement;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createElement - Creates an element of the type specified.
+ *   Note that the instance returned implements the Element interface,
+ *   so attributes can be specified directly on the returned object.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  tagName : string - The name of the element type to instantiate.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMElement - The new Element object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createElement = function W3CDOMDocument_createElement(tagName) {
+  // throw Exception if the tagName string contains an illegal character
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidName(tagName))) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // create W3CDOMElement specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMElement(this);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.tagName  = tagName;
+  node.nodeName = tagName;
+
+  // add Element to 'all' collection
+  this.all[this.all.length] = node;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createDocumentFragment - CCreates an empty DocumentFragment object.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMDocumentFragment - The new DocumentFragment object
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createDocumentFragment = function W3CDOMDocument_createDocumentFragment() {
+  // create W3CDOMDocumentFragment specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMDocumentFragment(this);
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createTextNode - Creates a Text node given the specified string.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - The data for the node.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMText - The new Text object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createTextNode = function W3CDOMDocument_createTextNode(data) {
+  // create W3CDOMText specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMText(this);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.data      = data;
+  node.nodeValue = data;
+
+  // set initial length
+  node.length    = data.length;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createComment - Creates a Text node given the specified string.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - The data for the node.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMComment - The new Comment object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createComment = function W3CDOMDocument_createComment(data) {
+  // create W3CDOMComment specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMComment(this);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.data      = data;
+  node.nodeValue = data;
+
+  // set initial length
+  node.length    = data.length;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createCDATASection - Creates a CDATASection node whose value is the specified string.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - The data for the node.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMCDATASection - The new CDATASection object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createCDATASection = function W3CDOMDocument_createCDATASection(data) {
+  // create W3CDOMCDATASection specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMCDATASection(this);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.data      = data;
+  node.nodeValue = data;
+
+  // set initial length
+  node.length    = data.length;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createProcessingInstruction - Creates a ProcessingInstruction node given the specified target and data strings.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  target : string - The target part of the processing instruction.
+ * @param  data   : string - The data for the node.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMProcessingInstruction - The new ProcessingInstruction object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createProcessingInstruction = function W3CDOMDocument_createProcessingInstruction(target, data) {
+  // throw Exception if the target string contains an illegal character
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (!this.implementation._isValidName(target))) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // create W3CDOMProcessingInstruction specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMProcessingInstruction(this);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.target    = target;
+  node.nodeName  = target;
+  node.data      = data;
+  node.nodeValue = data;
+
+  // set initial length
+  node.length    = data.length;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createAttribute - Creates an Attr of the given name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - The name of the attribute.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - The new Attr object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createAttribute = function W3CDOMDocument_createAttribute(name) {
+  // throw Exception if the name string contains an illegal character
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidName(name))) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // create W3CDOMAttr specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node = new W3CDOMAttr(this);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.name     = name;
+  node.nodeName = name;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createElementNS - Creates an element of the type specified,
+ *   within the specified namespace.
+ *   Note that the instance returned implements the Element interface,
+ *   so attributes can be specified directly on the returned object.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI  : string - The namespace URI of the element.
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - The qualified name of the element type to instantiate.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the Namespace is invalid
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMElement - The new Element object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createElementNS = function W3CDOMDocument_createElementNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName) {
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if the Namespace is invalid
+    if (!this.ownerDocument._isValidNamespace(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the qualifiedName string contains an illegal character
+    if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidName(qualifiedName)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // create W3CDOMElement specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node  = new W3CDOMElement(this);
+  var qname = this.implementation._parseQName(qualifiedName);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.nodeName     = qualifiedName;
+  node.namespaceURI = namespaceURI;
+  node.prefix       = qname.prefix;
+  node.localName    = qname.localName;
+  node.tagName      = qualifiedName;
+
+  // add Element to 'all' collection
+  this.all[this.all.length] = node;
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createAttributeNS - Creates an Attr of the given name
+ *   within the specified namespace.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI  : string - The namespace URI of the attribute.
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - The qualified name of the attribute.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the Namespace is invalid
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - The new Attr object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createAttributeNS = function W3CDOMDocument_createAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName) {
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if the Namespace is invalid
+    if (!this.ownerDocument._isValidNamespace(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, true)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the qualifiedName string contains an illegal character
+    if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidName(qualifiedName)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // create W3CDOMAttr specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node  = new W3CDOMAttr(this);
+  var qname = this.implementation._parseQName(qualifiedName);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.nodeName     = qualifiedName
+  node.namespaceURI = namespaceURI
+  node.prefix       = qname.prefix;
+  node.localName    = qname.localName;
+  node.name         = qualifiedName
+  node.nodeValue    = "";
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.createNamespace - Creates an Namespace of the given name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - The qualified name of the attribute.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMNamespace - The new Namespace object.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.createNamespace = function W3CDOMDocument_createNamespace(qualifiedName) {
+  // create W3CDOMNamespace specifying 'this' as ownerDocument
+  var node  = new W3CDOMNamespace(this);
+  var qname = this.implementation._parseQName(qualifiedName);
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  node.nodeName     = qualifiedName
+  node.prefix       = qname.prefix;
+  node.localName    = qname.localName;
+  node.name         = qualifiedName
+  node.nodeValue    = "";
+
+  return node;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.getElementById - Return the Element whose ID is given by elementId
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  elementId : string - The unique ID of the Element
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMElement - The requested W3CDOMElement
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.getElementById = function W3CDOMDocument_getElementById(elementId) {
+//  return this._ids[elementId];
+  retNode = null;
+
+  // loop through all Elements in the 'all' collection
+  for (var i=0; i < this.all.length; i++) {
+    var node = this.all[i];
+
+    // if id matches & node is alive (ie, connected (in)directly to the documentElement)
+    if ((node.id == elementId) && (node._isAncestor(node.ownerDocument.documentElement))) {
+      retNode = node;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return retNode;
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument._genId - generate a unique internal id
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string - The unique (serial) id
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype._genId = function W3CDOMDocument__genId() {
+  this._lastId += 1;                             // increment lastId (to generate unique id)
+
+  return this._lastId;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument._isValidNamespace - test if Namespace is valid
+ *  ie, not valid if;
+ *    the qualifiedName is malformed, or
+ *    the qualifiedName has a prefix and the namespaceURI is null, or
+ *    the qualifiedName has a prefix that is "xml" and the namespaceURI is
+ *     different from "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" [Namespaces].
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au), David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com) and Scott Severtson
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI  : string - the namespace URI
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - the QName
+ * @Param  isAttribute   : boolean - true, if the requesting node is an Attr
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype._isValidNamespace = function W3CDOMDocument__isValidNamespace(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, isAttribute) {
+
+  if (this._performingImportNodeOperation == true) {
+    //we're doing an importNode operation (or a cloneNode) - in both cases, there
+    //is no need to perform any namespace checking since the nodes have to have been valid
+    //to have gotten into the W3CDOM in the first place
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  var valid = true;
+  // parse QName
+  var qName = this.implementation._parseQName(qualifiedName);
+
+
+  //only check for namespaces if we're finished parsing
+  if (this._parseComplete == true) {
+
+    // if the qualifiedName is malformed
+    if (qName.localName.indexOf(":") > -1 ){
+        valid = false;
+    }
+
+    if ((valid) && (!isAttribute)) {
+        // if the namespaceURI is not null
+        if (!namespaceURI) {
+        valid = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // if the qualifiedName has a prefix
+    if ((valid) && (qName.prefix == "")) {
+        valid = false;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  // if the qualifiedName has a prefix that is "xml" and the namespaceURI is
+  //  different from "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" [Namespaces].
+  if ((valid) && (qName.prefix == "xml") && (namespaceURI != "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")) {
+    valid = false;
+  }
+
+  return valid;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocument.toString - Serialize the document into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMDocument.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMDocument_toString() {
+  return "" + this.childNodes;
+} // end function getXML
+
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMElement - By far the vast majority of objects (apart from text) that authors encounter
+ *   when traversing a document are Element nodes.
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMElement");
+  this.W3CDOMNode  = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.tagName = "";                             // The name of the element.
+  this.id = "";                                  // the ID of the element
+
+  this.nodeType = W3CDOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMElement.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.getTagName - Java style gettor for .TagName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.getTagName = function W3CDOMElement_getTagName() {
+  return this.tagName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.getAttribute - Retrieves an attribute value by name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - The name of the attribute to retrieve
+ *
+ * @return : string - The Attr value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified value.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.getAttribute = function W3CDOMElement_getAttribute(name) {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // if attribute exists, use it
+  var attr = this.attributes.getNamedItem(name);
+
+  if (attr) {
+    ret = attr.value;
+  }
+
+  return ret; // if Attribute exists, return its value, otherwise, return ""
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.setAttribute - Retrieves an attribute value by name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name  : string - The name of the attribute to create or alter
+ * @param  value : string - Value to set in string form
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the Attribute is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.setAttribute = function W3CDOMElement_setAttribute(name, value) {
+  // if attribute exists, use it
+  var attr = this.attributes.getNamedItem(name);
+
+  if (!attr) {
+    attr = this.ownerDocument.createAttribute(name);  // otherwise create it
+  }
+
+  var value = new String(value);
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if Attribute is readonly
+    if (attr._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the value string contains an illegal character
+    if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidString(value)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation._isIdDeclaration(name)) {
+    this.id = value;  // cache ID for getElementById()
+  }
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  attr.value     = value;
+  attr.nodeValue = value;
+
+  // update .specified
+  if (value.length > 0) {
+    attr.specified = true;
+  }
+  else {
+    attr.specified = false;
+  }
+
+  // add/replace Attribute in NamedNodeMap
+  this.attributes.setNamedItem(attr);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.removeAttribute - Removes an attribute by name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name  : string - The name of the attribute to remove
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the Attrbute is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.removeAttribute = function W3CDOMElement_removeAttribute(name) {
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.removeNamedItem
+  return this.attributes.removeNamedItem(name);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.getAttributeNode - Retrieves an Attr node by name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name  : string - The name of the attribute to remove
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - The Attr node with the specified attribute name or null if there is no such attribute.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.getAttributeNode = function W3CDOMElement_getAttributeNode(name) {
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.getNamedItem
+  return this.attributes.getNamedItem(name);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.setAttributeNode - Adds a new attribute
+ *   If an attribute with that name is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newAttr : W3CDOMAttr - The attribute node to be attached
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Element is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if arg is an Attr that is already an attribute of another Element object.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - If the newAttr attribute replaces an existing attribute with the same name,
+ *   the previously existing Attr node is returned, otherwise null is returned.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.setAttributeNode = function W3CDOMElement_setAttributeNode(newAttr) {
+  // if this Attribute is an ID
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation._isIdDeclaration(newAttr.name)) {
+    this.id = newAttr.value;  // cache ID for getElementById()
+  }
+
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.setNamedItem
+  return this.attributes.setNamedItem(newAttr);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.removeAttributeNode - Removes the specified attribute
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  oldAttr  : W3CDOMAttr - The Attr node to remove from the attribute list
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Element is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if arg is an Attr that is already an attribute of another Element object.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - The Attr node that was removed.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.removeAttributeNode = function W3CDOMElement_removeAttributeNode(oldAttr) {
+  // throw Exception if Attribute is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && oldAttr._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // get item index
+  var itemIndex = this.attributes._findItemIndex(oldAttr._id);
+
+  // throw Exception if node does not exist in this map
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (itemIndex < 0)) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR));
+  }
+
+  return this.attributes._removeChild(itemIndex);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.getAttributeNS - Retrieves an attribute value by namespaceURI and localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : string - The Attr value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified value.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.getAttributeNS = function W3CDOMElement_getAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNAmedNodeMap.getNamedItemNS
+  var attr = this.attributes.getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName);
+
+
+  if (attr) {
+    ret = attr.value;
+  }
+
+  return ret;  // if Attribute exists, return its value, otherwise return ""
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.setAttributeNS - Sets an attribute value by namespaceURI and localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  qualifiedName : string - the qualified name of the required node
+ * @param  value        : string - Value to set in string form
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the string contains an illegal character
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the Attrbute is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the Namespace is invalid
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.setAttributeNS = function W3CDOMElement_setAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, value) {
+  // call W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.getNamedItem
+  var attr = this.attributes.getNamedItem(namespaceURI, qualifiedName);
+
+  if (!attr) {  // if Attribute exists, use it
+    // otherwise create it
+    attr = this.ownerDocument.createAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName);
+  }
+
+  var value = new String(value);
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if Attribute is readonly
+    if (attr._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the Namespace is invalid
+    if (!this.ownerDocument._isValidNamespace(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if the value string contains an illegal character
+    if (!this.ownerDocument.implementation._isValidString(value)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if this Attribute is an ID
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation._isIdDeclaration(name)) {
+    this.id = value;  // cache ID for getElementById()
+  }
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  attr.value     = value;
+  attr.nodeValue = value;
+
+  // update .specified
+  if (value.length > 0) {
+    attr.specified = true;
+  }
+  else {
+    attr.specified = false;
+  }
+
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.setNamedItem
+  this.attributes.setNamedItemNS(attr);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.removeAttributeNS - Removes an attribute by namespaceURI and localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the Attrbute is readonly.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.removeAttributeNS = function W3CDOMElement_removeAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.removeNamedItemNS
+  return this.attributes.removeNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.getAttributeNodeNS - Retrieves an Attr node by namespaceURI and localName
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - The Attr node with the specified attribute name or null if there is no such attribute.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.getAttributeNodeNS = function W3CDOMElement_getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.getNamedItemNS
+  return this.attributes.getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.setAttributeNodeNS - Adds a new attribute
+ *   If an attribute with that name is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  newAttr      : W3CDOMAttr - the attribute node to be attached
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the Attrbute is readonly.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created this map.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if arg is an Attr that is already an attribute of another Element object.
+ *  The W3CDOM user must explicitly clone Attr nodes to re-use them in other elements.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMAttr - If the newAttr attribute replaces an existing attribute with the same name,
+ *   the previously existing Attr node is returned, otherwise null is returned.
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.setAttributeNodeNS = function W3CDOMElement_setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr) {
+  // if this Attribute is an ID
+  if ((newAttr.prefix == "") &&  this.ownerDocument.implementation._isIdDeclaration(newAttr.name)) {
+    this.id = newAttr.value;  // cache ID for getElementById()
+  }
+
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap.setNamedItemNS
+  return this.attributes.setNamedItemNS(newAttr);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.hasAttribute - Returns true if specified node exists
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  name : string - the name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.hasAttribute = function W3CDOMElement_hasAttribute(name) {
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._hasAttribute
+  return this.attributes._hasAttribute(name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.hasAttributeNS - Returns true if specified node exists
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  namespaceURI : string - the namespace URI of the required node
+ * @param  localName    : string - the local name of the required node
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.hasAttributeNS = function W3CDOMElement_hasAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName) {
+  // delegate to W3CDOMNamedNodeMap._hasAttributeNS
+  return this.attributes._hasAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMElement.toString - Serialize this Element and its children into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMElement.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMElement_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // serialize namespace declarations
+  var ns = this._namespaces.toString();
+  if (ns.length > 0) ns = " "+ ns;
+
+  // serialize Attribute declarations
+  var attrs = this.attributes.toString();
+  if (attrs.length > 0) attrs = " "+ attrs;
+
+  // serialize this Element
+  ret += "<" + this.nodeName + ns + attrs +">";
+  ret += this.childNodes.toString();;
+  ret += "</" + this.nodeName+">";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMAttr - The Attr interface represents an attribute in an Element object
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMAttr");
+  this.W3CDOMNode = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.name      = "";                           // the name of this attribute
+
+  // If this attribute was explicitly given a value in the original document, this is true; otherwise, it is false.
+  // Note that the implementation is in charge of this attribute, not the user.
+  // If the user changes the value of the attribute (even if it ends up having the same value as the default value)
+  // then the specified flag is automatically flipped to true
+  // (I wish! You will need to use setValue to 'automatically' update specified)
+  this.specified = false;
+
+  this.value     = "";                           // the value of the attribute is returned as a string
+
+  this.nodeType  = W3CDOMNode.ATTRIBUTE_NODE;
+
+  this.ownerElement = null;                      // set when Attr is added to NamedNodeMap
+
+  // disable childNodes
+  this.childNodes = null;
+  this.attributes = null;
+};
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMAttr.getName - Java style gettor for .name
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.getName = function W3CDOMAttr_getName() {
+  return this.nodeName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMAttr.getSpecified - Java style gettor for .specified
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : boolean
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.getSpecified = function W3CDOMAttr_getSpecified() {
+  return this.specified;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMAttr.getValue - Java style gettor for .value
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.getValue = function W3CDOMAttr_getValue() {
+  return this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMAttr.setValue - Java style settor for .value
+ *   alias for W3CDOMAttr.setNodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  value : string - the new attribute value
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Attribute is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.setValue = function W3CDOMAttr_setValue(value) {
+  // throw Exception if Attribute is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // delegate to setNodeValue
+  this.setNodeValue(value);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMAttr.setNodeValue - Java style settor for .nodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  value : string - the new attribute value
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.setNodeValue = function W3CDOMAttr_setNodeValue(value) {
+  this.nodeValue = new String(value);
+  this.value     = this.nodeValue;
+  this.specified = (this.value.length > 0);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMAttr.toString - Serialize this Attr into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMAttr_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // serialize Attribute
+  ret += this.nodeName +"=\""+ this.__escapeString(this.nodeValue) +"\"";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+W3CDOMAttr.prototype.getOwnerElement = function() {
+
+    return this.ownerElement;
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMNamespace - The Namespace interface represents an namespace in an Element object
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespace = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMNamespace");
+  this.W3CDOMNode = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.name      = "";                           // the name of this attribute
+
+  // If this attribute was explicitly given a value in the original document, this is true; otherwise, it is false.
+  // Note that the implementation is in charge of this attribute, not the user.
+  // If the user changes the value of the attribute (even if it ends up having the same value as the default value)
+  // then the specified flag is automatically flipped to true
+  // (I wish! You will need to use _setValue to 'automatically' update specified)
+  this.specified = false;
+
+  this.value     = "";                           // the value of the attribute is returned as a string
+
+  this.nodeType  = W3CDOMNode.NAMESPACE_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMNamespace.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamespace.getValue - Java style gettor for .value
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespace.prototype.getValue = function W3CDOMNamespace_getValue() {
+  return this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamespace.setValue - utility function to set value (rather than direct assignment to .value)
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  value : string - the new namespace value
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespace.prototype.setValue = function W3CDOMNamespace_setValue(value) {
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  this.nodeValue = new String(value);
+  this.value     = this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMNamespace.toString - Serialize this Attr into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMNamespace.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMNamespace_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  // serialize Namespace Declaration
+  if (this.nodeName != "") {
+    ret += this.nodeName +"=\""+ this.__escapeString(this.nodeValue) +"\"";
+  }
+  else {  // handle default namespace
+    ret += "xmlns=\""+ this.__escapeString(this.nodeValue) +"\"";
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMCharacterData - parent abstract class for W3CDOMText and W3CDOMComment
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMCharacterData");
+  this.W3CDOMNode  = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.data   = "";
+  this.length = 0;
+};
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.getData - Java style gettor for .data
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.getData = function W3CDOMCharacterData_getData() {
+  return this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.setData - Java style settor for .data
+ *  alias for W3CDOMCharacterData.setNodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - the character data
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Attribute is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.setData = function W3CDOMCharacterData_setData(data) {
+  // delegate to setNodeValue
+  this.setNodeValue(data);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.setNodeValue - Java style settor for .nodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - the node value
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Attribute is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.setNodeValue = function W3CDOMCharacterData_setNodeValue(data) {
+  // throw Exception if Attribute is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  this.nodeValue = new String(data);
+  this.data   = this.nodeValue;
+
+  // update length
+  this.length = this.nodeValue.length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.getLength - Java style gettor for .length
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.getLength = function W3CDOMCharacterData_getLength() {
+  return this.nodeValue.length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.substringData - Extracts a range of data from the node
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  offset : int - Start offset of substring to extract
+ * @param  count  : int - The number of characters to extract
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if specified offset is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data,
+ *
+ * @return : string - The specified substring.
+ *   If the sum of offset and count exceeds the length, then all characters to the end of the data are returned.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.substringData = function W3CDOMCharacterData_substringData(offset, count) {
+  var ret = null;
+
+  if (this.data) {
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    // or the count is negative
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && ((offset < 0) || (offset > this.data.length) || (count < 0))) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // if count is not specified
+    if (!count) {
+      ret = this.data.substring(offset); // default to 'end of string'
+    }
+    else {
+      ret = this.data.substring(offset, offset + count);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.appendData - Append the string to the end of the character data of the node.
+ *   Upon success, data provides access to the concatenation of data and the W3CDOMString specified.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  arg : string - The string to append
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this CharacterData is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.appendData    = function W3CDOMCharacterData_appendData(arg) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMCharacterData is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // append data
+  this.setData(""+ this.data + arg);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.insertData - Insert a string at the specified character offset.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  offset : int    - The character offset at which to insert
+ * @param  arg    : string - The string to insert
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if specified offset is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data,
+ *   or if the specified count is negative.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this CharacterData is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.insertData    = function W3CDOMCharacterData_insertData(offset, arg) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMCharacterData is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  if (this.data) {
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && ((offset < 0) || (offset >  this.data.length))) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // insert data
+    this.setData(this.data.substring(0, offset).concat(arg, this.data.substring(offset)));
+  }
+  else {
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && (offset != 0)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // set data
+    this.setData(arg);
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.deleteData - Remove a range of characters from the node.
+ *   Upon success, data and length reflect the change
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  offset : int - The offset from which to remove characters
+ * @param  count  : int - The number of characters to delete.
+ *   If the sum of offset and count exceeds length then all characters from offset to the end of the data are deleted
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if specified offset is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data,
+ *   or if the specified count is negative.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this CharacterData is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.deleteData    = function W3CDOMCharacterData_deleteData(offset, count) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMCharacterData is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  if (this.data) {
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && ((offset < 0) || (offset >  this.data.length) || (count < 0))) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // delete data
+    if(!count || (offset + count) > this.data.length) {
+      this.setData(this.data.substring(0, offset));
+    }
+    else {
+      this.setData(this.data.substring(0, offset).concat(this.data.substring(offset + count)));
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCharacterData.replaceData - Replace the characters starting at the specified character offset with the specified string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  offset : int    - The offset from which to start replacing
+ * @param  count  : int    - The number of characters to replace.
+ *   If the sum of offset and count exceeds length, then all characters to the end of the data are replaced
+ * @param  arg    : string - The string with which the range must be replaced
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if specified offset is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data,
+ *   or if the specified count is negative.
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this CharacterData is readonly.
+ */
+W3CDOMCharacterData.prototype.replaceData   = function W3CDOMCharacterData_replaceData(offset, count, arg) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMCharacterData is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  if (this.data) {
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && ((offset < 0) || (offset >  this.data.length) || (count < 0))) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // replace data
+    this.setData(this.data.substring(0, offset).concat(arg, this.data.substring(offset + count)));
+  }
+  else {
+    // set data
+    this.setData(arg);
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMText - The Text interface represents the textual content (termed character data in XML) of an Element or Attr.
+ *   If there is no markup inside an element's content, the text is contained in a single object implementing the Text interface
+ *   that is the only child of the element. If there is markup, it is parsed into a list of elements and Text nodes that form the
+ *   list of children of the element.
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMCharacterData
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMText = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMText");
+  this.W3CDOMCharacterData  = W3CDOMCharacterData;
+  this.W3CDOMCharacterData(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.nodeName  = "#text";
+  this.nodeType  = W3CDOMNode.TEXT_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMText.prototype = new W3CDOMCharacterData;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMText.splitText - Breaks this Text node into two Text nodes at the specified offset,
+ *   keeping both in the tree as siblings. This node then only contains all the content up to the offset point.
+ *   And a new Text node, which is inserted as the next sibling of this node, contains all the content at and after the offset point.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  offset : int - The offset at which to split, starting from 0.
+ *
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if specified offset is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data,
+ * @throws : W3CDOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this Text is readonly.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMText - The new Text node
+ */
+W3CDOMText.prototype.splitText = function W3CDOMText_splitText(offset) {
+  var data, inode;
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if Node is readonly
+    if (this._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    if ((offset < 0) || (offset > this.data.length)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (this.parentNode) {
+    // get remaining string (after offset)
+    data  = this.substringData(offset);
+
+    // create new TextNode with remaining string
+    inode = this.ownerDocument.createTextNode(data);
+
+    // attach new TextNode
+    if (this.nextSibling) {
+      this.parentNode.insertBefore(inode, this.nextSibling);
+    }
+    else {
+      this.parentNode.appendChild(inode);
+    }
+
+    // remove remaining string from original TextNode
+    this.deleteData(offset);
+  }
+
+  return inode;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMText.toString - Serialize this Text into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMText.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMText_toString() {
+  return this.__escapeString(""+ this.nodeValue);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMCDATASection - CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text containing characters that would otherwise be regarded as markup.
+ *   The only delimiter that is recognized in a CDATA section is the "\]\]\>" string that ends the CDATA section
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMCharacterData
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMCDATASection = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMCDATASection");
+  this.W3CDOMCharacterData  = W3CDOMCharacterData;
+  this.W3CDOMCharacterData(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.nodeName  = "#cdata-section";
+  this.nodeType  = W3CDOMNode.CDATA_SECTION_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMCDATASection.prototype = new W3CDOMCharacterData;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCDATASection.splitText - Breaks this CDATASection node into two CDATASection nodes at the specified offset,
+ *   keeping both in the tree as siblings. This node then only contains all the content up to the offset point.
+ *   And a new CDATASection node, which is inserted as the next sibling of this node, contains all the content at and after the offset point.
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  offset : int - The offset at which to split, starting from 0.
+ *
+ * @return : W3CDOMCDATASection - The new CDATASection node
+ */
+W3CDOMCDATASection.prototype.splitText = function W3CDOMCDATASection_splitText(offset) {
+  var data, inode;
+
+  // test for exceptions
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking) {
+    // throw Exception if Node is readonly
+    if (this._readonly) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+    }
+
+    // throw Exception if offset is negative or greater than the data length,
+    if ((offset < 0) || (offset > this.data.length)) {
+      throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if(this.parentNode) {
+    // get remaining string (after offset)
+    data  = this.substringData(offset);
+
+    // create new CDATANode with remaining string
+    inode = this.ownerDocument.createCDATASection(data);
+
+    // attach new CDATANode
+    if (this.nextSibling) {
+      this.parentNode.insertBefore(inode, this.nextSibling);
+    }
+    else {
+      this.parentNode.appendChild(inode);
+    }
+
+     // remove remaining string from original CDATANode
+    this.deleteData(offset);
+  }
+
+  return inode;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMCDATASection.toString - Serialize this CDATASection into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMCDATASection.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMCDATASection_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+  //do NOT unescape the nodeValue string in CDATA sections!
+  ret += "<![CDATA[" + this.nodeValue + "\]\]\>";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMComment - This represents the content of a comment, i.e., all the characters between the starting '<!--' and ending '-->'
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMCharacterData
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMComment = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMComment");
+  this.W3CDOMCharacterData  = W3CDOMCharacterData;
+  this.W3CDOMCharacterData(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.nodeName  = "#comment";
+  this.nodeType  = W3CDOMNode.COMMENT_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMComment.prototype = new W3CDOMCharacterData;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMComment.toString - Serialize this Comment into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMComment.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMComment_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  ret += "<!--" + this.nodeValue + "-->";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMProcessingInstruction - The ProcessingInstruction interface represents a "processing instruction",
+ *   used in XML as a way to keep processor-specific information in the text of the document
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMProcessingInstruction");
+  this.W3CDOMNode  = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(ownerDocument);
+
+  // The target of this processing instruction.
+  // XML defines this as being the first token following the markup that begins the processing instruction.
+  this.target = "";
+
+  // The content of this processing instruction.
+  // This is from the first non white space character after the target to the character immediately preceding the ?>
+  this.data   = "";
+
+  this.nodeType  = W3CDOMNode.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.getTarget - Java style gettor for .target
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.prototype.getTarget = function W3CDOMProcessingInstruction_getTarget() {
+  return this.nodeName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.getData - Java style gettor for .data
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.prototype.getData = function W3CDOMProcessingInstruction_getData() {
+  return this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.setData - Java style settor for .data
+ *   alias for W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.setNodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - The new data of this processing instruction.
+ */
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.prototype.setData = function W3CDOMProcessingInstruction_setData(data) {
+  // delegate to setNodeValue
+  this.setNodeValue(data);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.setNodeValue - Java style settor for .nodeValue
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  data : string - The new data of this processing instruction.
+ */
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.prototype.setNodeValue = function W3CDOMProcessingInstruction_setNodeValue(data) {
+  // throw Exception if W3CDOMNode is readonly
+  if (this.ownerDocument.implementation.errorChecking && this._readonly) {
+    throw(new W3CDOMException(W3CDOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR));
+  }
+
+  // assign values to properties (and aliases)
+  this.nodeValue = new String(data);
+  this.data = this.nodeValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.toString - Serialize this ProcessingInstruction into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au) and David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMProcessingInstruction.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMProcessingInstruction_toString() {
+  var ret = "";
+
+  ret += "<?" + this.nodeName +" "+ this.nodeValue + " ?>";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class  W3CDOMDocumentFragment - DocumentFragment is a "lightweight" or "minimal" Document object.
+ *
+ * @extends W3CDOMNode
+ *
+ * @author Jon van Noort (jon@webarcana.com.au)
+ *
+ * @param  ownerDocument : W3CDOMDocument - The Document object associated with this node.
+ */
+W3CDOMDocumentFragment = function(ownerDocument) {
+  this._class = addClass(this._class, "W3CDOMDocumentFragment");
+  this.W3CDOMNode = W3CDOMNode;
+  this.W3CDOMNode(ownerDocument);
+
+  this.nodeName  = "#document-fragment";
+  this.nodeType = W3CDOMNode.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE;
+};
+W3CDOMDocumentFragment.prototype = new W3CDOMNode;
+
+/**
+ * @method W3CDOMDocumentFragment.toString - Serialize this DocumentFragment into an XML string
+ *
+ * @author David Joham (djoham@yahoo.com)
+ *
+ * @return : string
+ */
+W3CDOMDocumentFragment.prototype.toString = function W3CDOMDocumentFragment_toString() {
+  var xml = "";
+  var intCount = this.getChildNodes().getLength();
+
+  // create string concatenating the serialized ChildNodes
+  for (intLoop = 0; intLoop < intCount; intLoop++) {
+    xml += this.getChildNodes().item(intLoop).toString();
+  }
+
+  return xml;
+}
+
+///////////////////////
+//  NOT IMPLEMENTED  //
+///////////////////////
+W3CDOMDocumentType    = function() { alert("W3CDOMDocumentType.constructor(): Not Implemented"   ); };
+W3CDOMEntity          = function() { alert("W3CDOMEntity.constructor(): Not Implemented"         ); };
+W3CDOMEntityReference = function() { alert("W3CDOMEntityReference.constructor(): Not Implemented"); };
+W3CDOMNotation        = function() { alert("W3CDOMNotation.constructor(): Not Implemented"       ); };
+
+
+Strings = new Object()
+Strings.WHITESPACE = " \t\n\r";
+Strings.QUOTES = "\"'";
+
+Strings.isEmpty = function Strings_isEmpty(strD) {
+    return (strD == null) || (strD.length == 0);
+};
+Strings.indexOfNonWhitespace = function Strings_indexOfNonWhitespace(strD, iB, iE) {
+  if(Strings.isEmpty(strD)) return -1;
+  iB = iB || 0;
+  iE = iE || strD.length;
+
+  for(var i = iB; i < iE; i++)
+    if(Strings.WHITESPACE.indexOf(strD.charAt(i)) == -1) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  return -1;
+};
+Strings.lastIndexOfNonWhitespace = function Strings_lastIndexOfNonWhitespace(strD, iB, iE) {
+  if(Strings.isEmpty(strD)) return -1;
+  iB = iB || 0;
+  iE = iE || strD.length;
+
+  for(var i = iE - 1; i >= iB; i--)
+    if(Strings.WHITESPACE.indexOf(strD.charAt(i)) == -1)
+      return i;
+  return -1;
+};
+Strings.indexOfWhitespace = function Strings_indexOfWhitespace(strD, iB, iE) {
+  if(Strings.isEmpty(strD)) return -1;
+  iB = iB || 0;
+  iE = iE || strD.length;
+
+  for(var i = iB; i < iE; i++)
+    if(Strings.WHITESPACE.indexOf(strD.charAt(i)) != -1)
+      return i;
+  return -1;
+};
+Strings.replace = function Strings_replace(strD, iB, iE, strF, strR) {
+  if(Strings.isEmpty(strD)) return "";
+  iB = iB || 0;
+  iE = iE || strD.length;
+
+  return strD.substring(iB, iE).split(strF).join(strR);
+};
+Strings.getLineNumber = function Strings_getLineNumber(strD, iP) {
+  if(Strings.isEmpty(strD)) return -1;
+  iP = iP || strD.length;
+
+  return strD.substring(0, iP).split("\n").length
+};
+Strings.getColumnNumber = function Strings_getColumnNumber(strD, iP) {
+  if(Strings.isEmpty(strD)) return -1;
+  iP = iP || strD.length;
+
+  var arrD = strD.substring(0, iP).split("\n");
+  var strLine = arrD[arrD.length - 1];
+  arrD.length--;
+  var iLinePos = arrD.join("\n").length;
+
+  return iP - iLinePos;
+};
+
+
+StringBuffer = function() {this._a=new Array();};
+StringBuffer.prototype.append = function StringBuffer_append(d){this._a[this._a.length]=d;};
+StringBuffer.prototype.toString = function StringBuffer_toString(){return this._a.join("");};