Java XML Element Create findElementElseCreateAndAttribute(Document document, Element parent, String element, String attributeName, String attributeValue)

Description

find Element Else Create And Attribute

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element findElementElseCreateAndAttribute(Document document, Element parent, String element,
            String attributeName, String attributeValue) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Element findElementElseCreateAndAttribute(Document document, Element parent, String element,
            String attributeName, String attributeValue) {
        NodeList nl = parent.getElementsByTagName(element);
        Element e = null;//ww w . j a va2 s  . c  om

        if (nl.getLength() == 0) {
            parent.appendChild(document.createElement(element));
            e = (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(element).item(0);
            e.setAttribute(attributeName, attributeValue);
        }

        return e;
    }
}

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