Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (c) 2012 centeractive ag. All Rights Reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, * MA 02110-1301 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { public static Node createNodeFromPath(Element modelElement, String path) { Document document = modelElement.getOwnerDocument(); StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(path, "/"); while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { String t = st.nextToken(); if (st.hasMoreTokens()) { if (t.equals("..")) { modelElement = (Element) modelElement.getParentNode(); } else { Element elm = getFirstChildElement(modelElement, t); if (elm == null) modelElement = (Element) modelElement.insertBefore(document.createElement(t), getFirstChildElement(modelElement, t)); else modelElement = elm; } } else { modelElement = (Element) modelElement.insertBefore(document.createElement(t), getFirstChildElement(modelElement, t)); } } return modelElement; } public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elm) { return getFirstChildElement(elm, null); } public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name) { if (elm == null) return null; NodeList nl = elm.getChildNodes(); for (int c = 0; c < nl.getLength(); c++) { Node node = nl.item(c); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) return (Element) node; } return null; } }