Java XML Child Element Create addElementChildToElement(Document doc, Element parent, String elementName)

Description

Adds an element to another of a document in memory
(It's supposed that the parent is one element of the document)

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	Document of the parent element
parent	Parent element where a child element will be added
elementName	The name of the child element

Return

org.w3c.dom.Element

Declaration

public static Element addElementChildToElement(Document doc, Element parent, String elementName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* gvSIG. Geographic Information System of the Valencian Government
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Infrastructures and Transports Department
 * of the Valencian Government (CIT)/*from w ww . ja  v a2s.c om*/
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *  
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, 
 * MA  02110-1301, USA.
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 */

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Adds an element to another of a document in memory <br>
     * (It's supposed that the parent is one element of the document)
     * 
     * @param doc
     *            Document of the parent element
     * @param parent
     *            Parent element where a child element will be added
     * @param elementName
     *            The name of the child element
     * 
     * @return org.w3c.dom.Element
     */
    public static Element addElementChildToElement(Document doc, Element parent, String elementName) {
        // Creates the element and adds it to the parent
        Element element = doc.createElement(elementName);
        parent.appendChild(element);

        return element;
    }
}

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