Java XML Element Create createElement(Document doc, Node parent, int depth, String name, String contents)

Description

Creates an element in the specified document, the created element has a single text node child with the specified contents.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	a parameter
parent	a parameter
depth	a parameter
name	a parameter
contents	a parameter

Declaration

public static Element createElement(Document doc, Node parent, int depth, String name, String contents) 

Method Source Code

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

import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates an element in the specified document.
     * This method also creates indentation text nodes.
     * @param doc
     * @param parent
     * @param depth
     * @param name
     */
    public static Element createElement(Document doc, Node parent, int depth, String name) {
        Element result = doc.createElement(name);
        if (depth >= 0)
            createIndent(doc, parent, depth);
        if (parent != null)
            parent.appendChild(result);
        if (depth >= 0)
            createIndent(doc, parent, depth - 1);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an element in the specified document, the created element has a single text node child with the specified contents.
     * @param doc
     * @param parent
     * @param depth
     * @param name
     * @param contents
     */
    public static Element createElement(Document doc, Node parent, int depth, String name, String contents) {
        Element result = createElement(doc, parent, depth, name);
        createText(doc, result, contents);
        return result;
    }

    private static Text createIndent(Document doc, Node parent, int depth) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
        for (int i = 0; i < depth; ++i)
            sb.append("  ");
        return createText(doc, parent, sb.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Creates a text node in the specified document.
     * @param doc
     * @param parent
     * @param contents
     */
    public static Text createText(Document doc, Node parent, String contents) {
        Text result = doc.createTextNode(contents);
        if (parent != null)
            parent.appendChild(result);
        return result;
    }
}

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