Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection; import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData; import org.w3c.dom.Comment; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setValidating(true); factory.setExpandEntityReferences(false); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File("filename")); Element element = doc.getElementById("key1"); CDATASection cdataNode = doc.createCDATASection(""); Comment commentNode = doc.createComment(""); Text textNode = doc.createTextNode(""); // All three types of nodes implement the CharacterData interface CharacterData cdata = cdataNode; cdata = commentNode; cdata = textNode; cdata.setData("some data"); int len = cdata.getLength(); int offset = 5; len = 4; String s = cdata.substringData(offset, len); } }