Java XML Element Get findElementElseCreateAndSet(Document document, Element parent, String child, boolean value)

Description

find Element Else Create And Set

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element findElementElseCreateAndSet(Document document, Element parent, String child,
            boolean value) 

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 findElementElseCreateAndSet(Document document, Element parent, String child,
            String value) {/*ww  w .  j  a v a2s  .c  o m*/
        Element ret = null;
        NodeList nl = parent.getElementsByTagName(child);
        if (nl.getLength() == 0) {
            parent.appendChild(document.createElement(child));
            ret = (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(child).item(0);
            ret.appendChild(document.createTextNode(value));
        }
        return ret;
    }

    public static Element findElementElseCreateAndSet(Document document, Element parent, String child,
            boolean value) {
        return findElementElseCreateAndSet(document, parent, child, value + "");
    }
}

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