Java XML Element Create createElement(QName qName)

Description

Creates a new Element having the specified qualified name.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
qName	A QName object.

Return

An Element node (with a Document owner but no parent).

Declaration

public static Element createElement(QName qName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from   www  . j a  v a 2  s. c  om*/
     * Creates a new Element having the specified qualified name. The element
     * must be {@link Document#adoptNode(Node) adopted} when inserted into
     * another Document.
     *
     * @param qName A QName object.
     * @return An Element node (with a Document owner but no parent).
     */
    public static Element createElement(QName qName) {
        Document doc = null;
        try {
            doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
        Element elem = doc.createElementNS(qName.getNamespaceURI(), qName.getLocalPart());
        return elem;
    }
}

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