Obsolete
This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.
The NodeIterator.detach()
method is a no-op, kept for backward compatibility only.
Originally, it detached the NodeIterator
from the set over which it iterates, releasing any resources used by the set and setting the iterator's state to INVALID
. Once this method had been called, calls to other methods on NodeIterator
would raise the INVALID_STATE_ERR
exception.
Syntax
nodeIterator.detach();
Example
var nodeIterator = document.createNodeIterator( document.body, NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, { acceptNode: function(node) { return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT; } }, false ); nodeIterator.detach(); // detaches the iterator nodeIterator.nextNode(); // throws an INVALID_STATE_ERR exception
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DOM The definition of 'NodeIterator.detach' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Transformed in a no-op |
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification The definition of 'NodeIterator.detach' in that specification. |
Obsolete | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
detach | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox No support 3.5 — 22 | IE Full support 9 | Opera Full support 9 | Safari Full support 3 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support 4 — 22 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 3 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See also
- The interface it belongs to:
NodeIterator
.