 from interface: <CODE>org.w3c.dom.Node</CODE></B></DD>
<DD>The parent of this node. All nodes, except <code>Attr</code>, 
 <code>Document</code>, <code>DocumentFragment</code>, 
 <code>Entity</code>, and <code>Notation</code> may have a parent. 
 However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the 
 tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, this is 
 <code>null</code>.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../../org/apache/xerces/impl/xs/opti/DefaultNode.html#getPar