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Figure 15.21
Creating a table with the DOM from Example 15.11.
To make a copy of a node you can use the
cloneNode()
method.
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The
cloneNode()
method
returns a duplicate of the current node with all of its attributes. It does not become part
of the document; that is, it does not have a parent node, until it is appended to another
node. This method takes only one argument of Boolean type, true or false, which is not
mandatory. If the value is
false
, then only the node and its attributes are cloned but not
any child nodes (which means any of its text is not cloned). If set to
true
(deep copy)
then the cloning will include all of its child nodes as well. Caveat: If you clone an ele-
ment and it has an
id
attribute, you will have to give the cloned node its own
id
, because
id
s must be unique. See Example 15.14.
FORMAT
cloneNode(boolean) /*
true
: recursive or deep copy;
false
: copy
current node and attributes, not child
nodes. */
EXAMPLE
newPara=oldPara.cloneNode(true);
2.To see how cloning can be used effectively with XML documents, see
