Name
parentNode: Node
Synopsis
Provides a reference to the parent of this node. All
node types—except Document
,
DocumentFragment
, and Attr
—may have a parent node. Every node
within a Document
hierarchy has
a parent. Nodes that are not part of the document tree, such as
new nodes and nodes removed from the document using the replaceChild()
or removeChild( )
methods, have a parentNode
attribute of null
.
Java binding
Node getParentNode( );
Java example
// Unlink an element from the document tree elem.getParentNode( ).removeChild(elem);
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