Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Attr; import org.w3c.dom.DOMException; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node appendChildNodes(Node destNode, Node parentNode) { if (destNode != null && parentNode != null) { destNode.setTextContent(""); NodeList list = parentNode.getChildNodes(); if (list != null) { for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Node node = list.item(i); if (node != null) { copyInto(node, destNode); } } } } return destNode; } public static void copyInto(Node src, Node dest) throws DOMException { Document factory = dest.getOwnerDocument(); //Node start = src; Node parent = null; Node place = src; // traverse source tree while (place != null) { // copy this node Node node = null; int type = place.getNodeType(); switch (type) { case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE: { node = factory.createCDATASection(place.getNodeValue()); break; } case Node.COMMENT_NODE: { node = factory.createComment(place.getNodeValue()); break; } case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: { Element element = factory.createElement(place.getNodeName()); node = element; NamedNodeMap attrs = place.getAttributes(); int attrCount = attrs.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < attrCount; i++) { Attr attr = (Attr) attrs.item(i); String attrName = attr.getNodeName(); String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue(); element.setAttribute(attrName, attrValue); } break; } case Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE: { node = factory.createEntityReference(place.getNodeName()); break; } case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: { node = factory.createProcessingInstruction(place.getNodeName(), place.getNodeValue()); break; } case Node.TEXT_NODE: { node = factory.createTextNode(place.getNodeValue()); break; } default: { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "can't copy node type, " + type + " (" + place.getNodeName() + ')'); } } dest.appendChild(node); // iterate over children if (place.hasChildNodes()) { parent = place; place = place.getFirstChild(); dest = node; } else if (parent == null) { place = null; } else { // advance place = place.getNextSibling(); while (place == null && parent != null) { place = parent.getNextSibling(); parent = parent.getParentNode(); dest = dest.getParentNode(); } } } } }