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XML DOM replaceChild () method

Node Object Reference Node objects

Definition and Usage

replaceChild () method to substitute another one of its child nodes.

If successful, the function is replaced node is returned, if it fails NULL.

grammar

elementNode.replaceChild(new_node,old_node)

参数 描述
new_node 必需。指定新的节点。
old_node 必需。指定被替换的子节点。

Examples

The following code fragment uses loadXMLDoc () to " the Books.xml " into xmlDoc, and replace the first <book> node:

Examples

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.documentElement;

//create a book element
newNode=xmlDoc.createElement("book");

y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0]
//replace the first book node with the new node
x.replaceChild(newNode,y);

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