Java tutorial
import java.io.File; 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; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception { String next = "keyword,123"; String[] input = next.split(","); String textToFind = input[0].replace("'", "\\'"); // "CEO"; String textToReplace = input[1].replace("'", "\\'"); // "Chief Executive Officer"; String filepath = "root.xml"; String fileToBeSaved = "root2.xml"; DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = docBuilder.parse(filepath); XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); // change ELEMENTS String xPathExpression = "//*[text()='" + textToFind + "']"; NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate(xPathExpression, doc, XPathConstants.NODESET); for (int idx = 0; idx < nodes.getLength(); idx++) { nodes.item(idx).setTextContent(textToReplace); } // change ATTRIBUTES String xPathExpressionAttr = "//*/@*[.='" + textToFind + "']"; NodeList nodesAttr = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate(xPathExpressionAttr, doc, XPathConstants.NODESET); for (int i = 0; i < nodesAttr.getLength(); i++) { nodesAttr.item(i).setTextContent(textToReplace); } System.out.println("Everything replaced."); // save xml file back TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer(); DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc); StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new File(fileToBeSaved)); transformer.transform(source, result); } }