Java tutorial
import java.io.StringReader; import java.io.StringWriter; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException; 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; import org.w3c.dom.Text; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static String getXMLData() { return "<a><person><email>asdf</email></person></a>"; } public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(getXMLData()))); replacePerson(doc, "newName", "111111", "newEmail@email.com"); System.out.println(documentToString(doc)); } public static void replacePerson(Document doc, String name, String phone, String email) { Element newPersonNode = doc.createElement("person"); Element nameNode = doc.createElement("name"); newPersonNode.appendChild(nameNode); Text nametextNode = doc.createTextNode(name); nameNode.appendChild(nametextNode); Element phoneNode = doc.createElement("phone"); newPersonNode.appendChild(phoneNode); Text phonetextNode = doc.createTextNode(phone); phoneNode.appendChild(phonetextNode); Element emailNode = doc.createElement("email"); newPersonNode.appendChild(emailNode); Text emailtextNode = doc.createTextNode(email); emailNode.appendChild(emailtextNode); Element root = doc.getDocumentElement(); Element oldPersonNode = (Element) root.getFirstChild(); root.replaceChild(newPersonNode, oldPersonNode); } public static String documentToString(Document document) { try { TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer trans = tf.newTransformer(); StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); trans.transform(new DOMSource(document), new StreamResult(sw)); return sw.toString(); } catch (TransformerException tEx) { tEx.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }