DocumentType: replaceWith() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2018.
TheDocumentType.replaceWith() method replaces the document type with a set of given nodes.
Syntax
js
replaceWith(node1)replaceWith(node1, node2)replaceWith(node1, node2, /* …, */ nodeN)Parameters
node1, …,nodeNA set of nodes to replace the
DocumentTypewith.
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
HierarchyRequestErrorDOMExceptionThrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.
Examples
UsingreplaceWith()
js
let svgDt = document.implementation.createDocumentType( "svg:svg", "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN", "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd",);document.doctype.replaceWith(svgDt);Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM # ref-for-dom-childnode-replacewith① |