public interface HTMLCollection
An 
HTMLCollection is a list of nodes. An individual node may
 be accessed by either ordinal index or the node'sname or
 id attributes.  Note: Collections in the HTML DOM are assumed
 to be  live meaning that they are automatically updated when the
 underlying document is changed.
 See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification.
- Since:
- 1.4, DOM Level 2
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Method Summary
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Method Details- 
getLengthint getLength()This attribute specifies the length or size of the list.
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itemThis method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index. Nodes are numbered in tree order (depth-first traversal order).- Parameters:
- index- The index of the node to be fetched. The index origin is 0.
- Returns:
- The Nodeat the corresponding position upon success. A value ofnullis returned if the index is out of range.
 
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namedItemThis method retrieves aNodeusing a name. It first searches for aNodewith a matchingidattribute. If it doesn't find one, it then searches for aNodewith a matchingnameattribute, but only on those elements that are allowed a name attribute.- Parameters:
- name- The name of the- Nodeto be fetched.
- Returns:
- The Nodewith anameoridattribute whose value corresponds to the specified string. Upon failure (e.g., no node with this name exists), returnsnull.
 
 
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