Java XML Node Path addElementPath(Node element, String path)

Description

add Element Path

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element addElementPath(Node element, String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w w  w.j a va2  s  . c  o m
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Bradley Austin Davis.
 * 
 * This file is part of serket.
 * 
 * serket 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.
 * 
 * serket 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
 * serket. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    public static Element addElementPath(Node element, String path) {
        return addElementPath(element, path.split("/"));
    }

    public static Element addElementPath(Node element, String[] path) {
        Element mRetVal = null;
        for (String s : path) {
            mRetVal = addChildElement(mRetVal == null ? element : mRetVal,
                    s);
        }
        return mRetVal;
    }

    public static Element addChildElement(Node element, String name) {
        return addChildElement(element, name, null, (String[][]) null);
    }

    public static Element addChildElement(Node element, String name,
            String value) {
        return addChildElement(element, name, value, (String[][]) null);
    }

    public static Element addChildElement(Node element, String name,
            String[][] attributes) {
        return addChildElement(element, name, null, attributes);
    }

    public static Element addChildElement(Node element, String name,
            String value, String[][] attributes) {
        Element child = createElement(element, name);
        if (value != null) {
            child.setTextContent(value);
        }
        if (attributes != null) {
            addAttributes(child, attributes);
        }
        element.appendChild(child);
        return child;
    }

    public static Element createElement(Node element, String name) {
        return element.getOwnerDocument().createElement(name);
    }

    public static Element addAttributes(Element element,
            String[][] attributes) {
        for (String[] attr : attributes) {
            element.setAttribute(attr[0], attr[1]);
        }
        return element;
    }
}

Related

1. createAndAppendNode(Node root, String path)
2. extractNodes(Node node, String path)
3. extractPath(Node node, String[] path)
4. extractPaths(Node node, String[] path)