Java XML Child Element Create createChildElement(Element parent, String name)

Description

Creates a named Element and appends it to the given element, returns it.

License

Apache License

Parameter

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

Return

the new element.

Declaration

public static Element createChildElement(Element parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * 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;
    }
}

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