Java tutorial
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 org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); dbf.setNamespaceAware(true); DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder(); // Create original document Document document = db.newDocument(); Element root = document.createElementNS("urn:FOO", "ns0:Root"); document.appendChild(root); Element request = document.createElementNS("urn:FOO", "ns0:Request"); root.appendChild(request); // Create new Request element. Element newRequest = document.createElementNS("urn:BAR", "ns1:Request"); // Replace Request element root.replaceChild(newRequest, request); // Output the new document TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer t = tf.newTransformer(); DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document); StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out); t.transform(source, result); } }