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

Perhaps this is an alternative? Tested in Opera 11, FireFox 6, Internet Explorer 8, Safari 5 and Google Chrome 16.

function isDOMNode(v) {
  if ( v===null ) return false;
  if ( typeof v!=='object' ) return false;
  if ( !('nodeName' in v) ) return false; 

  var nn = v.nodeName;
  try {
    // DOM node property nodeName is readonly.
    // Most browsers throws an error...
    v.nodeName = 'is readonly?';
  } catch (e) {
    // ... indicating v is a DOM node ...
    return true;
  }
  // ...but others silently ignore the attempt to set the nodeName.
  if ( v.nodeName===nn ) return true;
  // Property nodeName set (and reset) - v is not a DOM node.
  v.nodeName = nn;

  return false;
}

Function won't be fooled by e.g. this

isDOMNode( {'nodeName':'fake'} ); // returns false