Java XML Element Create createElementNS(Document doc, String namespaceURI, String prefix, String nodeName)

Description

Creates and returns a new XML element node with the given name and namespace URI.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	needed for creating the XML node
namespaceURI	the URI of the underlying namespace
prefix	the namespace prefix for this attribute (w/o ':'); may be null
nodeName	the node name w/o prefix and ':'

Return

a new XML node

Declaration

public static Element createElementNS(Document doc, String namespaceURI, String prefix, String nodeName) 

Method Source Code

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

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    private static boolean printXMLNamespaces;

    /**
     * Creates and returns a new XML element node with the given name and namespace URI.
     * The full element's name is constructed by the prefix followed by a colon and finally the real node name.
     * If the prefix is null, the full name equals the node name.
     * This method contains a workaround for older Java versions.
     * 
     * @param doc needed for creating the XML node
     * @param namespaceURI the URI of the underlying namespace
     * @param prefix the namespace prefix for this attribute (w/o ':'); may be null
     * @param nodeName the node name w/o prefix and ':'
     * @return a new XML node
     * @see Document#createElementNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
     */
    public static Element createElementNS(Document doc, String namespaceURI, String prefix, String nodeName) {
        String fullName = (prefix == null) ? nodeName : prefix + ":" + nodeName;
        Element e = doc.createElementNS(namespaceURI, fullName);
        if (printXMLNamespaces) {
            String attrName = (prefix == null) ? "xmlns" : "xmlns:" + prefix;
            e.setAttribute(attrName, namespaceURI);
        }
        return e;
    }
}

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1. createElementInSameNamespace(Element parent, String localName)
2. createElementInTempDocument(String name, String prefix, String namespaceURI)
3. createElementLn(Document d, String name, String value, boolean isCDATA)
4. createElementMapping(final Document doc1, final Document doc2)
5. createElementMappingForNodes(final Node n1, final Node n2, final Map mapping)
6. createElementNS(Document root, String namespaceURI, String qualifiedName)
7. createElementNS(String namespaceURI, String qualifiedName, String text, Document doc)
8. createElementNsIn(Element parent, String ns, String name, String textContent)
9. createElementWithText(Element parent, String name, String value)