DOMString

« DOMString

A UTF-16 String. As JavaScript already uses such strings, DOMString is mapped directly to a String.

Passing null to a method or parameter accepting a DOMString typically stringifies to "null".

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Web IDL (Second Edition)	Candidate Recommendation	Rephrasing of the definition to remove weird edge cases.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification	Recommendation	Initial definition.

See also

• String
• StringView – a C-like representation of strings based on typed arrays
• Binary strings