Java Document.createElement(String tagName)
Syntax
Document.createElement(String tagName) has the following syntax.
Element createElement(String tagName) throws DOMException
Example
In the following code shows how to use Document.createElement(String tagName) method.
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
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import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
Document document = db.newDocument();
Element book = document.createElement("book");
book.setAttribute("id", "javanut4");
document.appendChild(book);
for(int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
Element chapter = document.createElement("chapter");
Element title = document.createElement("title");
title.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Chapter " + i));
chapter.appendChild(title);
chapter.appendChild(document.createElement("para"));
book.appendChild(chapter);
}
TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document);
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
transformer.transform(source, result);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.