Java XML Element Set setValue(Element element, String value)

Description

Set value to the specified element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void setValue(Element element, String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w  ww. j  a v  a2  s . com*/
 * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur.
 * 
 * This file is part of ICY.
 * 
 * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Set value to the specified element
     */
    public static void setValue(Element element, String value) {
        // remove child nodes
        removeAllChilds(element);
        // add value
        addValue(element, value);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated uses {@link #removeAllChildren(Node)} instead
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static void removeAllChilds(Node node) {
        removeAllChildren(node);
    }

    /**
     * Add a value to the specified node
     */
    public static Node addValue(Node node, String value) {
        final Node newNode;

        if (node instanceof Document)
            newNode = ((Document) node).createTextNode(value);
        else
            newNode = node.getOwnerDocument().createTextNode(value);

        if (newNode != null)
            node.appendChild(newNode);

        return newNode;
    }

    /**
     * Remove all children from the specified node
     */
    public static void removeAllChildren(Node node) {
        while (node.hasChildNodes())
            node.removeChild(node.getLastChild());
    }
}

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