Java XML Node Clone copyNode(Node source, Node dest)

Description

Copy one node to another node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	source Node
dest	destination Node

Return

destination Node

Declaration

public static synchronized Node copyNode(Node source, Node dest) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  ww. j av  a  2s  .c om*/
 * Copyright 2008-2015 Jose Luis Martin.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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 */

import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Copy one node to another node.
     * @param source source Node
     * @param dest destination Node
     * @return destination Node
     */
    public static synchronized Node copyNode(Node source, Node dest) {
        if (source.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            Text tn = dest.getOwnerDocument().createTextNode(source.getNodeValue());
            return tn;
        }

        Node attr = null;
        NamedNodeMap attrs = source.getAttributes();

        if (attrs != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
                attr = attrs.item(i);
                ((Element) dest).setAttribute(attr.getNodeName(), attr.getNodeValue());
            }
        }

        Node child = null;
        NodeList list = source.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            child = list.item(i);
            if (!(child instanceof Text)) {
                Element en = dest.getOwnerDocument().createElementNS(child.getNamespaceURI(), child.getNodeName());

                if (child.getNodeValue() != null) {
                    en.setNodeValue(child.getNodeValue());
                }

                Node n = copyNode(child, en);
                dest.appendChild(n);
            } else if (child instanceof CDATASection) {
                CDATASection cd = dest.getOwnerDocument().createCDATASection(child.getNodeValue());
                dest.appendChild(cd);
            } else {
                Text tn = dest.getOwnerDocument().createTextNode(child.getNodeValue());
                dest.appendChild(tn);
            }
        }
        return dest;
    }
}

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