Java tutorial
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setValidating(true); DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = builder.parse("yourFile.xml"); Element rootElement = doc.getDocumentElement(); NodeList children = rootElement.getChildNodes(); Node current = null; int count = children.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) { current = children.item(i); if (current.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element element = (Element) current; if (element.getTagName().equalsIgnoreCase("tableOfContents")) { // Get the list of <tocEntry> items NodeList tocitems = element.getElementsByTagName("tocEntry"); // Obtain a reference to the second one Node secondChild = tocitems.item(1); // Create a new <tocEntry> element Element newTOCItem = doc.createElement("tocEntry"); // Create a new "Help" text node Text newText = doc.createTextNode("Help"); // Make it a child of the new <tocEntry> element // <tocEntry>Help</tocEntry> newTOCItem.appendChild(newText); // Add the new <tocEntry> element to <tableOfContents> element.insertBefore(newTOCItem, secondChild); } } } System.out.println(doc.getDocumentElement()); } }