XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

cloneNode: deep

Synopsis

Returns a copy of the node without a parent node. If the cloned node is specified as deep = true, the subtree under the node is also copied. Otherwise, the cloned node does not contain child nodes.

Argument

deep: boolean

If true, child nodes are copied to the cloned node. If false, only the original node is copied.

Java binding

public Node cloneNode(boolean deep);

Java example

// Make a copy of this element and all children
elem.cloneNode(true);