How to create an instance of DOM's Constructor functions?

Question

When i tried to create an instance of DOM's HTMLElement,

var oElement = new HTMLElement();

It throws : TypeError: Illegal constructor

Why can't we instantitate DOM's Constructor Functions ? Is there a way to do it? Thanks

Answer 1

Object.create(HTMLElement.prototype, {})

Answer 2

To create a new element with Javascript you use the createElement method of the document object.

var newDiv = document.createElement("div");

To add some new text with Javascript you can use the createTextNode method of the document object.

var text = document.createTextNode("Text goes here");