<html>
<head>
<script src="/demo/loadxmldoc.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
//check if the last node is an element node
function get_lastchild(n)
{
x=n.lastChild;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
{
x=x.previousSibling;
}
return x;
}
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
lastNode=get_lastchild(x);
document.write(lastNode.localName);
</script>
</body>
</html>