Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import javax.xml.namespace.QName; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException; public class Main { /** * @param key Fully qualified element name. */ public static Element createElement(QName key) { return createDocument().createElementNS(key.getNamespaceURI(), key.getPrefix() + ":" + key.getLocalPart()); } /** * @return New XML document from the default document builder factory. */ private static Document createDocument() { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder builder; try { builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder(); } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e); } return builder.newDocument(); } }