Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2017 Andrey Timofeev. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Element createNewElement(Node elem, String tag) {// throws Exception { if (elem instanceof Document) { Document doc = (Document) elem; Element res = doc.createElement(tag); elem.appendChild(res); return res; } else { Document doc = elem.getOwnerDocument(); Element res = doc.createElement(tag); elem.appendChild(res); return res; } } }