Curt Arnold If the "setNamedItem(arg)" method replaces an already existing node with the same name then the already existing node is returned. Retrieve the third employee and create a NamedNodeMap object from the attributes of the last child by invoking the "getAttributes()" method. Once the list is created an invocation of the "setNamedItem(arg)" method is done with arg=newAttr, where newAttr is a new Attr Node previously created and whose node name already exists in the map. The "setNamedItem(arg)" method should replace the already existing node with the new one and return the existing node. This test uses the "createAttribute(name)" method from the document interface. 2002-06-09