Assign Javascript image object directly to page

Question

Is it possible to assign a Javascript image object directly to the DOM? Every example I\'ve seen has the image object being loaded and then the same file name assigned to an HTM

Answer 1

if (document.images) {
  var preload_image_object = new Image();

  var image_urls = new Array();
  image_urls[0] = "http://mydomain.com/image0.gif";
  image_urls[1] = "http://mydomain.com/image1.gif";
  image_urls[2] = "http://mydomain.com/image2.gif";
  image_urls[3] = "http://mydomain.com/image3.gif";

   var i = 0;
   for(image_url in image_urls) {
     preload_image_object.src = image_url;
   }
}