JDOMTest.java Source code

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import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.input.*;
import org.jdom.output.*;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class JDOMTest {

    public static void showBooks(Element root) {
        List books = root.getChildren("book");
        for (Iterator i = books.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            Element book = (Element) i.next();
            System.out.println("Book: " + book.getAttributeValue("category") + ", " + book.getChildTextTrim("title")
                    + ", " + book.getChildTextTrim("author") + ", " + book.getChildTextTrim("price"));
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
        Document doc = builder.build("book.xml");
        Element root = doc.getRootElement();
        System.out.println("Book List Before: ");
        showBooks(root);

        // Add a new book
        Element newBook = new Element("book");
        newBook.setAttribute("category", "fiction");
        Element newTitle = new Element("title");
        newTitle.addContent("Desecration");
        Element newAuthor = new Element("author");
        newAuthor.addContent("Tim LaHaye");
        Element newPrice = new Element("price");
        newPrice.addContent("19.95");
        newBook.addContent(newTitle);
        newBook.addContent(newAuthor);
        newBook.addContent(newPrice);
        root.addContent(newBook);

        System.out.println("Book List After: ");
        showBooks(root);

        XMLOutputter out = new XMLOutputter("  ", true);
        out.output(root, System.out);
    }
}

<books><book category="fiction"> 
  <title>title 1</title> 
  <author>Tim Lahaye</author><price>14.95</price></book><book category="science fiction"> 
  <title>title 2</title> 
  <author>Tim Lahaye</author><price>14.95</price></book>

</books>