Creates a child XML element with the given name beneath the specified element. - Java XML

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Creates a child XML element with the given name beneath the specified element.

Demo Code

/*/* w ww .  j a v  a2s  .c  o m*/
 * ome.xml.DOMUtil
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 *      University of Wisconsin-Madison
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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a child element with the given name beneath the specified element.
     */
    public static Element createChild(Element el, String name) {
        return createChild(el, name, true);
    }

    /**
     * Creates an element with the given name in the specified element's DOM,
     * inserting it into the tree structure as a child of that element
     * if the attach flag is set.
     */
    public static Element createChild(Element el, String name,
            boolean attach) {
        Element child = el.getOwnerDocument().createElement(name);
        if (attach)
            el.appendChild(child);
        return child;
    }
}

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