Can I detect XHTML parsing errors using Javascript

(function() {
    if(document.documentElement &&
        document.documentElement.getAttribute('xmlns') !==
        'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml') {
        alert('parsing errors');
    }
    else if(document.body && document.body.lastChild) {
        alert('no parsing errors');
    }
    else setTimeout(arguments.callee, 100);
})();