Document.createAttribute(String name) has the following syntax.
Attr createAttribute(String name) throws DOMException
In the following code shows how to use Document.createAttribute(String name) method.
//www.j a va 2 s.c om import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Attr; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{ DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); // Create the parser Document xmlDoc = builder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(xmlString))); Attr attr = xmlDoc.createAttribute("text"); } static String xmlString ="<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>" + " <address id='asdf'>" + " <buildingnumber> 29 </buildingnumber>" + " <street> South Street</street>" + " <city>Vancouver</city>" + "" + " <state>BC</state>" + " <zip>V6V 4U7</zip>" + " </address>"; }