Java XML Child Element Create createChild(final Element el, final String name)

Description

Appends a child element with the given name to the specified DOM element.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element createChild(final Element el, final String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w  w  .  ja v  a  2  s.c  o m*/
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 * VisBio application for visualization of multidimensional biological
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Appends a child element with the given name to the specified DOM element.
     */
    public static Element createChild(final Element el, final String name) {
        final Element child = el.getOwnerDocument().createElement(name);
        el.appendChild(child);
        return child;
    }
}

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