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XML DOM replaceChild () method

Element Object Reference Element object

Definition and Usage

replaceChild () method replaces the child nodes to other nodes.

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

grammar

elementNode.replaceChild(new_node,old_node)

参数 描述
new_node 必需。规定新节点。
old_node 必需。规定要替换的子节点。


Examples

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

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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Element Object Reference Element object