Java XML Child Element Add addChildElement(Node parent, String tag, String value)

Description

Adds a Child element to the parent node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	The parent node
tag	The child element name
value	Value of text node appended to the Child

Return

the newly added Child node.

Declaration

public static Element addChildElement(Node parent, String tag,
        String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w  w .  j  a v a2s  .  c  o  m*/
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import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Adds a Child element to the parent node. If the 'value' is
     * not null, a Text node with the same value is appended to the
     * Child.
     * @param parent The parent node
     * @param tag The child element name
     * @param value Value of text node appended to the Child
     * @return the newly added Child node.
     */
    public static Element addChildElement(Node parent, String tag,
            String value) {
        Document doc = (parent.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) ? (Document) parent
                : parent.getOwnerDocument();
        Element child = doc.createElement(tag);
        if (value != null)
            child.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(value));
        parent.appendChild(child);
        return child;
    }
}

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