Java XML Element Child Append appendChild(Document doc, Element parentElement, String elementName, String elementValue)

Description

Add a child element to a parent element

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	a parameter
parentElement	a parameter
elementName	a parameter
elementValue	a parameter

Declaration

public static void appendChild(Document doc, Element parentElement,
        String elementName, String elementValue) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Map;

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

import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Add a child element to a parent element
     *
     * @param doc
     * @param parentElement
     * @param elementName
     * @param elementValue
     */
    public static void appendChild(Document doc, Element parentElement,
            String elementName, String elementValue) {
        appendChild(doc, parentElement, elementName, elementValue, null);
    }

    /**
     * Add a child element to a parent element with a set of attributes
     *
     * @param doc
     * @param parentElement
     * @param elementName
     * @param elementValue
     * @param childAttributes
     */
    public static void appendChild(Document doc, Element parentElement,
            String elementName, String elementValue,
            Map<String, String> childAttributes) {
        Element child = doc.createElement(elementName);
        Text text = doc.createTextNode(elementValue);
        child.appendChild(text);

        if (childAttributes != null && !childAttributes.isEmpty()) {
            for (Map.Entry<String, String> attrib : childAttributes
                    .entrySet()) {
                child.setAttribute(attrib.getKey(), attrib.getValue());
            }
        }

        parentElement.appendChild(child);
    }

    /**
     * Append a child element to a parent element with a single attribute/value pair
     *
     * @param doc
     * @param parentElement
     * @param elementName
     * @param elementValue
     * @param attribName
     * @param attribValue
     */
    public static void appendChild(Document doc, Element parentElement,
            String elementName, String elementValue, String attribName,
            String attribValue) {
        Element child = doc.createElement(elementName);
        Text text = doc.createTextNode(elementValue);
        child.appendChild(text);
        child.setAttribute(attribName, attribValue);
        parentElement.appendChild(child);
    }
}

Related

1. appendChild(Document doc, Element parentElement, String elementName, String elementValue)
2. appendChild(Document doc, Node parentNode, String childName, String childContents)
3. appendChild(Document document, Node root, String name, String value)
4. appendChildElement(Document doc, Element parent, Element child)