​x
 
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/example/xdom/loadxmldoc.js"> 
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//check if the last node is an element node
function get_lastchild(n)
{
var x=n.lastChild;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
  {
  x=x.previousSibling;
  }
return x;
}
​
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("/example/xdom/books.xml");
​
var x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
var lastNode=get_lastchild(x);
​
document.write(lastNode.localName);
​
</script>
</body>
</html>
​