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import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Utils {

  /**
   * Start a new XML Document.
   * @param rootName The name of the Document root Element (created here)
   * @return the Document
   * @throws DomException
   */
  public static Document createXmlDocument(String rootName)  {

      Document  document  = getXmlDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
      Element   root      = document.createElement(rootName);

      document.appendChild(root);
      return document;

  
  }
  /**
   * Get a DOM Document builder.
   * @return The DocumentBuilder
   * @throws DomException
   */
  public static DocumentBuilder getXmlDocumentBuilder() {
    try {
      DocumentBuilderFactory factory;

      factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
      factory.setNamespaceAware(false);

      return factory.newDocumentBuilder();

    } catch (Exception e) {
      
    }
    return null;
  }

}