Java XML Child Element Create addChildEpcList(final Document document, final Element root, final String childEPCs)

Declaration

public static boolean addChildEpcList(final Document document, final Element root, final String childEPCs) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w ww  .  j  a  va 2s.  c  o  m*/
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import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Adds the EPCs from the given list of childEPCs as {@code <epc>} elements
     * inside an {@code <childEPCs>} element to the XML document.
     * 
     * @param document
     *            The Document to generate the {@code <epc>} and {@code
     *            <childEPCs>} element from.
     * @param root
     *            The root Element under which the {@code <childEPCs>} element
     *            should be generated.
     * @param childEPCs
     *            A space-separated list of EPCs.
     * @return <true> if the {@code <childEPCs>} element was successfully
     *         created, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean addChildEpcList(final Document document, final Element root, final String childEPCs) {
        if (isEmpty(childEPCs)) {
            return false;
        }
        Element element = document.createElement("childEPCs");
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(childEPCs);
        while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
            addElement(document, element, st.nextToken(), "epc");
        }
        root.appendChild(element);
        return true;
    }

    private static boolean isEmpty(String s) {
        return s == null || s.trim().equals("");
    }

    private static boolean addElement(final Document document, final Element root, final String elementValue,
            final String elementName) {
        if (isEmpty(elementValue)) {
            return false;
        }
        Element element = document.createElement(elementName);
        element.appendChild(document.createTextNode(elementValue));
        root.appendChild(element);
        return true;
    }
}

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