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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Range.detach( ) — free a Range object

Availability

DOM Level 2 Range

Synopsis

void detach(  )    
    throws DOMException;

Throws

Like all Range methods, detach( ) throws a DOMException with a code of INVALID_STATE_ERR if it is called on a Range object that has already been detached.

Description

DOM implementations keep track of all Range objects created for a document, because they may need to change the range boundary points when the document is modified. When you are certain that a Range object isn’t needed any more, call the detach( ) method to tell the implementation that it no longer needs to keep track of that range. Note that once this method has been called for a Range object, any use of that Range will throw an exception. Calling detach( ) is not required but may improve performance in some circumstances when the document is being modified and a Range object is not subject to immediate garbage collection.

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