Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node createAndAppendNode(Node root, String path) { if (path == null) return root; Element node = null; if (path.contains("/")) // check if path is complex { String[] steps = path.split("/"); Node upper = root; Node lower = null; for (int i = 0; i < steps.length; i++) { // check if element exists lower = ifNodeExists(upper, steps[i]); if (lower == null) { lower = upper.getOwnerDocument().createElement(steps[i]); upper.appendChild(lower); } upper = lower; } return lower; } // simple path: node = root.getOwnerDocument().createElement(path); root.appendChild(node); return node; } private static Node ifNodeExists(Node upper, String path) { NodeList list = upper.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { if (list.item(i).getNodeName().equals(path)) return list.item(i); } return null; } }