The following is the list of document methods supported by Legacy DOM −
| Sr.No | Property & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | clear( ) Deprecated − Erases the contents of the document and returns nothing. Ex − document.clear( ) |
| 2 | close( ) Closes a document stream opened with the open( ) method and returns nothing. Ex − document.close( ) |
| 3 | open( ) Deletes existing document content and opens a stream to which new document contents may be written. Returns nothing. Ex − document.open( ) |
| 4 | write( value, ...) Inserts the specified string or strings into the document currently being parsed or appends to document opened with open( ). Returns nothing. Ex − document.write( value, ...) |
| 5 | writeln( value, ...) Identical to write( ), except that it appends a newline character to the output. Returns nothing. Ex − document.writeln( value, ...) |