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XML.insertBefore() 1031

XML.insertBefore()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_xml.insertBefore(childNode:XMLNode, beforeNode:XMLNode) : Void

Parameters

childNode

The XMLNode object to be inserted.

beforeNode The XMLNode object before the insertion point for the childNode.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; inserts a new child node into the XML object’s child list, before the beforeNode node.

If the

beforeNode parameter is undefined or null, the node is added using the appendChild()

method. If

beforeNode is not a child of my_xml, the insertion fails.

Example

The following example is an excerpt from the XML.cloneNode() example:

// create a copy of the middle node using cloneNode()

var middle2:XMLNode = middle.cloneNode(false);

// insert the clone node into rootNode between the middle and youngest nodes

rootNode.insertBefore(middle2, youngest);