Java XML Element Set setText(Element e, String text)

Description

Set the text of the specified element to the given string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
e	The element.
text	The text string.

Declaration

public static void setText(Element e, String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Firestar Software, Inc.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:/*from   w  w  w  .j a  v a2  s. co m*/
 *     Firestar Software, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *
 * Author:
 *     Gabriel Oancea
 *
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Set the text of the specified element to the given string.
     * 
     * @param e The element.
     * @param text The text string.
     */
    public static void setText(Element e, String text) {
        NodeList lst = e.getChildNodes();
        int size = lst.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            Node n = lst.item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                Text t = (Text) n;
                t.setData(text.trim());
                return;
            }
        }
        Document doc = e.getOwnerDocument();
        // bit of a hack - we preserve the cdata on the way in so we can serialize correctly
        // This only works on xml to xml 
        // TODO need to have a "preserve format" or some such on the mdmi structure
        if (text.startsWith("<![CDATA[") && text.endsWith("]]>")) {
            CDATASection cdata = doc.createCDATASection(text != null ? text
                    .substring(9, text.lastIndexOf("]]>")) : null);
            e.appendChild(cdata);
        } else {
            Text txt = doc
                    .createTextNode(text != null ? text.trim() : null);
            e.appendChild(txt);
        }

    }
}

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