Java XML Child Element Create createChildElement(Document doc, Node node, String nodeName)

Description

Create a child of the given node.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	a document
node	a node
nodeName	a node name

Return

org.w3c.dom.Element

Declaration

public static Element createChildElement(Document doc, Node node, String nodeName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2003, 2011 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors://  w ww. j av  a2 s  .  c om
 *     IBM Corporation - Initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Create a child of the given node at the given index.
     *
     * @param doc a document
     * @param element an element
     * @param index an index
     * @param nodeName a node name
     * @return org.w3c.dom.Element
     */
    public static Element createChildElement(Document doc, Element element, int index, String nodeName) {
        Element element2 = doc.createElement(nodeName);
        try {
            NodeList childList = element.getElementsByTagName(nodeName);
            Node child = childList.item(index);
            element.insertBefore(element2, child);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            element.appendChild(element2);
        }
        return element2;
    }

    /**
     * Create a child of the given node.
     *
     * @param doc a document
     * @param node a node
     * @param nodeName a node name
     * @return org.w3c.dom.Element
     */
    public static Element createChildElement(Document doc, Node node, String nodeName) {
        Element element = doc.createElement(nodeName);
        node.appendChild(element);
        return element;
    }
}

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