Java XML NodeList replaceElement(Element oldElement, NodeList newNodes)

Description

replace Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void replaceElement(Element oldElement, NodeList newNodes) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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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 replaceElement(Element oldElement, NodeList newNodes) {
        Document doc = oldElement.getOwnerDocument();
        Node parent = oldElement.getParentNode();
        int len = newNodes.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            Node n = newNodes.item(i);
            if (!doc.equals(n.getOwnerDocument())) {
                // first we need to import the node into the document
                n = doc.importNode(n, true);
            }
            parent.insertBefore(n, oldElement);
        }
        parent.removeChild(oldElement);
    }
}

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