Java XML Node Namespace copyNamespaces(Node source, Node target)

Description

Copies namespace attributes from a source, recursing its parents, to target node.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	the source node
target	the target node

Declaration

public static void copyNamespaces(Node source, Node target) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w  w . j a va 2 s. c  om*/
 * Fabric3
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Metaform Systems
 *
 * Fabric3 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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 * following exception:
 *
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 * modules is making a combined work based on this software.
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 *
 * Fabric3 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *
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*/

import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Copies namespace attributes from a source, recursing its parents, to target node.
     *
     * @param source the source node
     * @param target the target node
     */
    public static void copyNamespaces(Node source, Node target) {
        if (!(target instanceof Element)) {
            return;
        }
        Element targetElement = (Element) target;
        Node parent = source.getParentNode();
        while (parent != null) {
            copyNamespaces(parent, targetElement);
            parent = parent.getParentNode();
        }
        NamedNodeMap attributes = source.getAttributes();
        if (attributes == null || attributes.getLength() == 0) {
            // no attributes
            return;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = attributes.item(i);
            if (!(node instanceof Attr)) {
                continue;
            }
            Attr attr = (Attr) node;
            String prefix = attr.getPrefix();

            // check the schema ns
            if ((prefix == null || prefix.length() == 0) && !"xmlns".equals(attr.getLocalName())) {
                // not a default namespace
                continue;
            } else if (!"xmlns".equals(prefix)) {
                // not a namespace declaration
                continue;
            }
            targetElement.setAttributeNS(attr.getNamespaceURI(), attr.getName(), attr.getNodeValue());
        }
    }
}

Related

1. convertFromNamespaceForm(final Node node)
2. getNamespace(Node node)
3. getNamespace(Node node)
4. getNamespace(String prefix, Node e)
5. getNamespaceDeclarations(Node node)