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Node object method · N/xml

insertBefore()

Node.insertBefore(options)

Inserts a new child node before an existing child node for the current node.

Implementation
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Design
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Proposals
A suitescript api
Signature
Node.insertBefore(options)
Module
N/xml
Returns
xml.Node
Governance
None
Script types
Client and server scripts
Version
SuiteScript 2.x, documented for 2.1; since NetSuite 2015.2
call shapefrom Oracle's parameter table
1objNode.insertBefore({2    newChild: /* xml.Node, required */,3    refChild: /* xml.Node, required */4});
Oracle reference for this method
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
options.newChildxml.NoderequiredThe new child node to insert.
options.refChildxml.NoderequiredThe node before which to insert the new child node. If refChild is , the method inserts the new node at the end of the list of children.
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N/xml · Node.insertBefore(options)

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