Java XML CDATA Append appendCDATAElement(Element parent, String name, String content)

Description

Adds a nested CDATA section in a new child element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	element that will receive the new element as child.
name	of the child element.
content	text content.

Declaration

public static void appendCDATAElement(Element parent, String name, String content) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Adds a nested CDATA section in a new child element.
     *
     * <p>This means
     * <pre>appendCDATAElement(&lt;a&gt;, "b", "c")</pre>
     * creates
     * <pre>
     * &lt;a&gt;
     *   &lt;b&gt;&lt;![CDATA[c]]&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
     * &lt;/a&gt;
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child.
     * @param name of the child element.
     * @param content text content.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public static void appendCDATAElement(Element parent, String name, String content) {
        Element e = createChildElement(parent, name);
        appendCDATA(e, content);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a named Element and appends it to the given element,
     * returns it.
     *
     * <p>This means
     * <pre>createChildElement(&lt;a&gt;, "b")</pre>
     * creates
     * <pre>
     * &lt;a&gt;
     *   &lt;b/&gt;
     * &lt;/a&gt;
     * </pre>
     * and returns <code>&lt;b&gt;</code>.
     *
     * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child.
     * @param name name of the new element.
     * @return the new element.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public static Element createChildElement(Element parent, String name) {
        Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument();
        Element e = doc.createElement(name);
        parent.appendChild(e);
        return e;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a nested CDATA section.
     *
     * <p>This means
     * <pre>appendCDATA(&lt;a&gt;, "b")</pre>
     * creates
     * <pre>
     * &lt;a&gt;&lt;[!CDATA[b]]&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child.
     * @param content text content.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public static void appendCDATA(Element parent, String content) {
        Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument();
        CDATASection c = doc.createCDATASection(content);
        parent.appendChild(c);
    }
}

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1. appendCDATA(Element parent, String content)
2. appendCDATAElement(Element parent, String tagName, String value)
3. appendCDATAElement(Element parent, String tagName, String value)
4. appendCDATASection(CDATASection cdataSection, StringBuffer buf)
5. appendCDATASection(Node parent, String name, Object data)