Processor Reference

Interfaces, Properties and Methods

Each processor keeps state of its own, such as a position in the tree or a queue of records. All are Baseline widely available.

Processor objects
Interface Created with Key members
NodeIterator (Iterating with NodeIterator) document.createNodeIterator() nextNode(), previousNode()
TreeWalker (Walking with TreeWalker) document.createTreeWalker() currentNode, parentNode(), nextNode()
MutationObserver (MutationObserver) new MutationObserver(fn) observe(), disconnect()
URLSearchParams (URLSearchParams) url.searchParams get(), getAll(), set()
TextEncoder (Encoding Strings) new TextEncoder() encode(), encodeInto()
Blob URLs (Creating Object URLs) URL.createObjectURL(blob) URL.revokeObjectURL()

Both traversal objects take a root, a whatToShow bitmask such as NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT and an optional filter returning NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT, FILTER_SKIP or FILTER_REJECT. Other observers: Observers.