How do you check if a JavaScript Object is a DOM Object?

Question

I\'m trying to get:

document.createElement(\'div\')  //=> true
{tagName: \'foobar something\'}  //=> false

In my own scripts, I used

Answer 1

In Firefox, you can use the instanceof Node. That Node is defined in DOM1.

But that is not that easy in IE.

1. "instanceof ActiveXObject" only can tell that it is a native object.
2. "typeof document.body.appendChild=='object'" tell that it may be DOM object, but also can be something else have same function.

You can only ensure it is DOM element by using DOM function and catch if any exception. However, it may have side effect (e.g. change object internal state/performance/memory leak)