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Node object method · N/xml

replaceChild()

Node.replaceChild(options)

Replaces a specific child node with another child node in a list of child nodes.

Implementation
Not started
Design
Open for proposals suggest how it should read
Proposals
A suitescript api
Signature
Node.replaceChild(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.replaceChild({2    newChild: /* xml.Node, required */,3    oldChild: /* xml.Node, required */4});
Oracle reference for this method
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
options.newChildxml.NoderequiredNew child node to add.
options.oldChildxml.NoderequiredChild node to replaced with the new node.
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N/xml · Node.replaceChild(options)

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