Adds a node to the end of the child nodes list of this node.

If the node already exists in this document, it will be removed from its current parent node, then added to this node.

This method is more efficient than nodes.add, and is the preferred way of appending a child node.

@JSName('appendChild')
/**
* Adds a node to the end of the child [nodes] list of this node.
*
* If the node already exists in this document, it will be removed from its
* current parent node, then added to this node.
*
* This method is more efficient than `nodes.add`, and is the preferred
* way of appending a child node.
*/
@DomName('Node.appendChild')
@DocsEditable
Node append(Node newChild) native;

Parses the specified text as HTML and adds the resulting node after the last child of this document fragment.

void appendHtml(String text) {
 this.append(new DocumentFragment.html(text));
}

Adds the specified text as a text node after the last child of this document fragment.

void appendText(String text) {
 this.append(new Text(text));
}

Binds the attribute name to the path of the model. Path is a String of accessors such as foo.bar.baz.

@Experimental
void bind(String name, model, String path) {
 // TODO(jmesserly): should we throw instead?
 window.console.error('Unhandled binding to Node: '
     '$this $name $model $path');
}

@DomName('Node.contains')
@DocsEditable
bool contains(Node other) native;

@DomName('Node.dispatchEvent')
@DocsEditable
bool dispatchEvent(Event event) native;

@DomName('Node.hasChildNodes')
@DocsEditable
bool hasChildNodes() native;

Inserts all of the nodes into this node directly before refChild.

See also:

• insertBefore

Node insertAllBefore(Iterable<Node> newNodes, Node refChild) {
 if (newNodes is _ChildNodeListLazy) {
   _ChildNodeListLazy otherList = newNodes;
   if (identical(otherList._this, this)) {
     throw new ArgumentError(newNodes);
   }

   // Optimized route for copying between nodes.
   for (var i = 0, len = otherList.length; i < len; ++i) {
     // Should use $dom_firstChild, Bug 8886.
     this.insertBefore(otherList[0], refChild);
   }
 } else {
   for (var node in newNodes) {
     this.insertBefore(node, refChild);
   }
 }
}

@DomName('Node.insertBefore')
@DocsEditable
Node insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild) native;

dynamic noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
 throw new NoSuchMethodError(
     this,
     _symbolToString(invocation.memberName),
     invocation.positionalArguments,
     _symbolMapToStringMap(invocation.namedArguments));
}

Element query(String selectors) => $dom_querySelector(selectors);

List<Element> queryAll(String selectors) =>
 new _FrozenElementList._wrap($dom_querySelectorAll(selectors));

Removes this node from the DOM.

@DomName('Node.removeChild')
void remove() {
 // TODO(jacobr): should we throw an exception if parent is already null?
 // TODO(vsm): Use the native remove when available.
 if (this.parentNode != null) {
   final Node parent = this.parentNode;
   parentNode.$dom_removeChild(this);
 }
}

Replaces this node with another node.

@DomName('Node.replaceChild')
Node replaceWith(Node otherNode) {
 try {
   final Node parent = this.parentNode;
   parent.$dom_replaceChild(otherNode, this);
 } catch (e) {

 };
 return this;
}

Print out a String representation of this Node.

String toString() => nodeValue == null ? super.toString() : nodeValue;

Unbinds the attribute name.

@Experimental
void unbind(String name) {}

Unbinds all bound attributes.

@Experimental
void unbindAll() {}

@JSName('addEventListener')
@DomName('Node.addEventListener')
@DocsEditable
void $dom_addEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, [bool useCapture]) native;

@JSName('querySelector')
@DomName('DocumentFragment.querySelector')
@DocsEditable
Element $dom_querySelector(String selectors) native;

@JSName('querySelectorAll')
@DomName('DocumentFragment.querySelectorAll')
@DocsEditable
@Returns('NodeList')
@Creates('NodeList')
List<Node> $dom_querySelectorAll(String selectors) native;

@JSName('removeChild')
@DomName('Node.removeChild')
@DocsEditable
Node $dom_removeChild(Node oldChild) native;

@JSName('removeEventListener')
@DomName('Node.removeEventListener')
@DocsEditable
void $dom_removeEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, [bool useCapture]) native;

@JSName('replaceChild')
@DomName('Node.replaceChild')
@DocsEditable
Node $dom_replaceChild(Node newChild, Node oldChild) native;