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cloneNode Method
Clones a new node.
Script Syntax
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.cloneNode(deep);
Parameters
- deep
- Boolean. A flag that indicates whether to recursively clone all nodes that are descendants of this node. If True, creates a clone of the complete tree below this node. If False, clones this node and its attributes only.
Return Value
Object. Returns the newly created clone node.
Example
The following script example clones a node, and then appends it as a child of the top-level node.
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var root;
var currNode;
var MyNewNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml")
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
currNode = root.childNodes.item(1);
MyNewNode = currNode.cloneNode(true);
root.appendChild(MyNewNode);
alert(xmlDoc.xml);
}
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.cloneNode(deep)
Parameters
- deep
- Boolean. A flag that indicates whether to recursively clone all nodes that are descendants of this node. If True, creates a clone of the complete tree below this node. If False, clones this node and its attributes only.
Return Value
An object. Returns the newly created clone node.
Example
The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example clones a node, and then appends it as a child of the top-level node.
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim MyNewNode As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
Dim myErr
Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
Set currNode = root.childNodes.Item(1)
Set MyNewNode = currNode.cloneNode(True)
root.appendChild MyNewNode
MsgBox xmlDoc.xml
End If
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT cloneNode(
VARIANT_BOOL deep,
IXMLDOMNode **cloneRoot);
Parameters
- deep [in]
- A flag that indicates whether to recursively clone all nodes that are descendants of this node. If True, creates a clone of the complete tree below this node. If False, clones this node and its attributes only.
- cloneRoot [out, retval]
- A newly created clone node.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
- The value returned if the
cloneRootparameter is Null.
Remarks
The cloned node has the same property values as this node for the following properties: nodeName property, nodeValue property, nodeType property, parentNode property, ownerDocument property, and, if it is an element, attributes property. The value of the clone's childNodes property depends on the setting of the deep flag parameter.
Note If the node is theDOMDocumentnode, it is safer to clone the document using thesavemethod, as follows.
doc.save(doc2);
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See Also
nodeName Property | nodeValue Property | nodeType Property | parentNode Property | ownerDocument Property | attributes Property | childNodes Property
Applies to: IXMLDOMAttribute | IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | DOMDocument | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment | IXMLDOMDocumentType | IXMLDOMElement | IXMLDOMEntity | IXMLDOMEntityReference | IXMLDOMNode | IXMLDOMNotation | IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction | IXMLDOMText