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From Glossary of Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification (2003-01-09) | Glossary for this source

A convenience method is an operation on an object that could be accomplished by a program consisting of more basic operations on the object. Convenience methods are usually provided to make the API easier and simpler to use or to allow specific programs to create more optimized implementations for common operations. A similar definition holds for a convenience property.

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