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Represents the [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_ModelDOM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model) in memory. Provides functions to parse documents and access individual elements (see [](../HtmlNode/index.md`HtmlNode`](../HtmlNode/index.md](../HtmlNode/index.md)). |
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## Public Properties |
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| `root` | Root node of the document. | |
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| `nodes` | List of top-level nodes in the document. | |
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| `callback` | Callback function that is called for each element in the DOM when generating outertext. | |
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| `lowercase` | If enabled, all tag names are converted to lowercase when parsing documents. | |
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| `original_size` | Original document size in bytes. | |
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| `size` | Current document size in bytes. | |
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| `_charset` | Charset of the original document. | |
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| `_target_charset` | Target charset for the current document. | |
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| `default_br_text` | Text to return for `<br>` elements. | |
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| `default_span_text` | Text to return for `<span>` elements. | |
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## Protected Properties |
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| Property | Description | |
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| `pos` | Current parsing position within `doc`. | |
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| `doc` | The original document. | |
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| `char` | Character at position `pos` in `doc`. | |
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| `cursor` | Current element cursor in the document. | |
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| `parent` | Parent element node. | |
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| `noise` | Noise from the original document (i.e. scripts, comments, etc...). | |
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| `token_blank` | Tokens that are considered whitespace in HTML. | |
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| `block_tags` | A list of tag names where remaining unclosed tags are forcibly closed. | |
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| `optional_closing_tags` | A list of tag names where the closing tag can be omitted. | |
