clone method

clone(isCloneChildren)

Creates a duplicate of the node.

clone(isCloneChildren: boolean)

Parameter	Type	Description
isCloneChildren	boolean	True to recursively clone the subtree under the specified node; false to clone only the node itself.

Remarks

This method serves as a copy constructor for nodes. The cloned node has no parent, but belongs to the same document as the original node.

This method always performs a deep copy of the node. The isCloneChildren parameter specifies whether to perform copy all child nodes as well.

Returns

The cloned node.

Examples

Shows how to clone a composite node.

let doc = new aw.Document();
let para = doc.firstSection.body.firstParagraph;
para.appendChild(new aw.Run(doc, "Hello world!"));

// Below are two ways of cloning a composite node.
// 1 -  Create a clone of a node, and create a clone of each of its child nodes as well.
let cloneWithChildren = para.clone(true).asParagraph();

expect(cloneWithChildren.hasChildNodes).toEqual(true);
expect(cloneWithChildren.getText().trim()).toEqual("Hello world!");

// 2 -  Create a clone of a node just by itself without any children.
let cloneWithoutChildren = para.clone(false).asParagraph();

expect(cloneWithoutChildren.hasChildNodes).toEqual(false);
expect(cloneWithoutChildren.getText().trim()).toEqual('');

See Also

• module Aspose.Words
• class Node