Java XML Element Text Set setElementTextValue(Element e, String text)

Description

set Element Text Value

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void setElementTextValue(Element e, String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w  w  w.  j  a  v  a2  s. c  om
 * @(#)$Id: XMLCommon.java 116 2008-10-30 06:12:51Z unsaved $
 *
 * Copyright 2008 by the JWebMail Development Team and Sebastian Schaffert.
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

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

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static void setElementTextValue(Element e, String text) {
        setElementTextValue(e, text, false);
    }

    public static void setElementTextValue(Element e, String text, boolean cdata) {
        Document root = e.getOwnerDocument();
        e.normalize();
        if (e.hasChildNodes()) {
            NodeList nl = e.getChildNodes();

            /* This suxx: NodeList Object is changed when removing children !!!
               I will store all nodes that should be deleted in a Vector and delete them afterwards */
            int length = nl.getLength();

            List<Node> v = new ArrayList<Node>(nl.getLength());
            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
                if (nl.item(i) instanceof CharacterData)
                    v.add(nl.item(i));
            for (Node n : v)
                e.removeChild(n);
        }

        if (cdata) {
            e.appendChild(root.createCDATASection(text));
        } else {
            e.appendChild(root.createTextNode(text));
        }
    }
}

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3. setElementText(Element elm, String text)
4. setElementText(Node elem, Object text)
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6. setElementValue(Element element, String val)
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