Java XML Element Text Set setElementText(Element elm, String text)

Description

set Element Text

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static public void setElementText(Element elm, String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// ww  w.j a v a  2s .c  o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2012 centeractive ag. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 * MA 02110-1301  USA
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    static public void setElementText(Element elm, String text) {
        Node node = elm.getFirstChild();
        if (node == null) {
            if (text != null)
                elm.appendChild(elm.getOwnerDocument().createTextNode(text));
        } else if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            if (text == null)
                node.getParentNode().removeChild(node);
            else
                node.setNodeValue(text);
        } else if (text != null) {
            Text textNode = node.getOwnerDocument().createTextNode(text);
            elm.insertBefore(textNode, elm.getFirstChild());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Gets the index of the specified element amongst elements with the same
     * name
     *

     * @return the index of the element, will be >= 1
     */

    public static boolean setNodeValue(Node domNode, String string) {
        if (domNode == null)
            return false;

        short nodeType = domNode.getNodeType();

        switch (nodeType) {
        case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: {
            setElementText((Element) domNode, string);
            break;
        }
        case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
        case Node.TEXT_NODE: {
            domNode.setNodeValue(string);
            break;
        }
        case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: {
            ((ProcessingInstruction) domNode).setData(string);
            break;
        }
        case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE: {
            ((CDATASection) domNode).setData(string);
            break;
        }
        default: {
            return false;
        }
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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3. setElementText(Element element, String text)
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9. setElementTextValue(Element e, String text)