Java Utililty Methods XML Element Create

List of utility methods to do XML Element Create

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Element Create are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementcreateElement(Document document, String name, Map attributes, Element... children)
create Element 
Element element = document.createElement(name);
for (Map.Entry<String, String> attribute : attributes.entrySet())
    element.setAttribute(attribute.getKey(), attribute.getValue());
for (Element child : children)
    element.appendChild(child);
return element;
ElementcreateElement(Document document, String name, String textContent)
create Element 
Element element = document.createElement(name);
element.setTextContent(textContent);
return element;
ElementcreateElement(Document dom, String elementName, Properties attributes)
create Element 
Element element = dom.createElementNS("", elementName); 
if (attributes != null) {
    Enumeration e = attributes.keys();
    while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
        String key = (String) e.nextElement();
        element.setAttribute(key, attributes.getProperty(key));
return element;
ElementcreateElement(Document dom, String elementName, Properties attributes)
create Element 
Element element = dom.createElementNS("", elementName); 
if (attributes != null) {
    Enumeration e = attributes.keys();
    while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
        String key = (String) e.nextElement();
        element.setAttribute(key, attributes.getProperty(key));
return element;
ElementcreateElement(Document owner, String nsURI, String elementName, String textValue)
Creates an Element object in the CyberSource namespace. 
Attr attr = owner.createAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/", "xmlns");
attr.setValue(nsURI);
Element elem = owner.createElementNS(nsURI, elementName);
elem.setAttributeNodeNS(attr);
elem.appendChild(owner.createTextNode(textValue));
return (elem);
ElementcreateElement(Element parent, String elementName)
create Element 
Element el = parent.getOwnerDocument().createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(el);
return el;
ElementcreateElement(Element parent, String name)
helper method, creates a subelement, does not format result. 
Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument();
Element newElement = doc.createElement(name);
parent.appendChild(newElement);
return newElement;
ElementcreateElement(Element parent, String name)
Add a new element to the given parent 
Document document;
Element element;
document = parent.getOwnerDocument();
element = document.createElement(name);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
ElementcreateElement(Element parent, String path)
create Element 
int i = path.indexOf('.');
Element element = null;
if (i < 0) {
    element = parent.getOwnerDocument().createElement(path);
    parent.appendChild(element);
} else {
    String p = path.substring(0, i), c = path.substring(i + 1);
    Element pe = getUniqueChild(parent, p);
...
ElementcreateElement(Element parent, String tagName)
create Element 
Element tag = parent.getOwnerDocument().createElement(tagName);
parent.appendChild(tag);
return tag;