Function replace_IE

src/prototype/dom/dom.js:813–846

(element, content)

  });

  function replace_IE(element, content) {
    element = $(element);
    if (content && content.toElement)
      content = content.toElement();
    if (Object.isElement(content)) {
      element.parentNode.replaceChild(content, element);
      return element;
    }

    content = Object.toHTML(content);
    var parent = element.parentNode, tagName = parent.tagName.toUpperCase();

    if (tagName in INSERTION_TRANSLATIONS.tags) {
      var nextSibling = Element.next(element);
      var fragments = getContentFromAnonymousElement(
       tagName, content.stripScripts());

      parent.removeChild(element);

      var iterator;
      if (nextSibling)
        iterator = function(node) { parent.insertBefore(node, nextSibling) };
      else
        iterator = function(node) { parent.appendChild(node); }

      fragments.each(iterator);
    } else {
      // We don't need to special-case this one.
      element.outerHTML = content.stripScripts();
    }

    content.evalScripts.bind(content).defer();
    return element;
  }

  if ('outerHTML' in document.documentElement)
    replace = replace_IE;