Java XML Element Create createElement(Element parent, String tagName)

Description

Creates a DOM element

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	parent DOM element
tagName	element name

Return

a DOM element

Declaration

public static Element createElement(Element parent, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    public static Element createElement(Node parent, String tagName) {
        Document doc;
        if (parent instanceof Document) {
            doc = (Document) parent;
        } else {
            doc = parent.getOwnerDocument();
        }
        Element e = doc.createElement(tagName);
        parent.appendChild(e);
        return e;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a DOM element
     * @param parent parent DOM element
     * @param tagName element name
     * @return a DOM element
     */
    public static Element createElement(Element parent, String tagName) {
        Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument();
        Element e = doc.createElement(tagName);
        parent.appendChild(e);
        return e;
    }
}

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