append New XML Element to Document - Java XML

Java examples for XML:DOM Element Create

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append New XML Element to Document

Demo Code

/*//from   w  w  w. j a v a 2 s  .c om
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Teleal GmbH, Switzerland
 *
 * This program 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 3 of
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 *
 * This program 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.
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 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
//package com.java2s;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    public static Element appendNewElement(Document document,
            Element parent, Enum el) {
        return appendNewElement(document, parent, el.toString());
    }

    public static Element appendNewElement(Document document,
            Element parent, String element) {
        Element child = document.createElement(element);
        parent.appendChild(child);
        return child;
    }

    public static Element appendNewElement(Document document,
            Element parent, String element, Object content) {
        return appendNewElement(document, parent, element, content, null);
    }

    public static Element appendNewElement(Document document,
            Element parent, String element, Object content, String namespace) {
        Element childElement;
        if (namespace != null) {
            childElement = document.createElementNS(namespace, element);
        } else {
            childElement = document.createElement(element);
        }

        if (content != null) {
            // TODO: We'll have that on Android 2.2:
            // childElement.setTextContent(content.toString());
            // Meanwhile:
            childElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(content
                    .toString()));
        }

        parent.appendChild(childElement);
        return childElement;
    }
}

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