Checks if child element has same owner document before appending to the parent, and imports it to the parent's document if necessary. - Java XML

Java examples for XML:XML Element Child

Description

Checks if child element has same owner document before appending to the parent, and imports it to the parent's document if necessary.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Checks if child element has same owner document before 
     * appending to the parent, and imports it to the parent's document
     * if necessary.
     */
    public static void appendChild(Node parent, Node child) {
        Document ownerDoc = getOwnerDocument(parent);
        if (child.getOwnerDocument() != ownerDoc) {
            parent.appendChild(ownerDoc.importNode(child, true));
        } else {
            parent.appendChild(child);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the owner document of the specified node.
     *
     * @param node the node
     * @return the owner document
     */
    public static Document getOwnerDocument(Node node) {
        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
            return (Document) node;
        } else {
            return node.getOwnerDocument();
        }
    }
}

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