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package org.apache.tools.ant.util;

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

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Some utility methods for common tasks when building DOM trees in memory.

In this documentation <a> means an Element instance with name a.

Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Some utility methods for common tasks when building DOM trees in memory. * * <p>In this documentation <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> means an {@link * org.w3c.dom.Element Element} instance with name <code>a</code>.</p> * * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public class DOMUtils {
Get a new Document instance,
Returns:the document.
Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Get a new Document instance, * @return the document. * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public static Document newDocument() { return JAXPUtils.getDocumentBuilder().newDocument(); }
Creates a named Element and appends it to the given element, returns it.

This means

createChildElement(<a>, "b")
creates
<a>
  <b/>
</a>
and returns <b>.
Params:
  • parent – element that will receive the new element as child.
  • name – name of the new element.
Returns:the new element.
Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Creates a named Element and appends it to the given element, * returns it. * * <p>This means * <pre>createChildElement(&lt;a&gt;, "b")</pre> * creates * <pre> * &lt;a&gt; * &lt;b/&gt; * &lt;/a&gt; * </pre> * and returns <code>&lt;b&gt;</code>. * * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child. * @param name name of the new element. * @return the new element. * * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public static Element createChildElement(Element parent, String name) { Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument(); Element e = doc.createElement(name); parent.appendChild(e); return e; }
Adds nested text.

This means

appendText(<a>, "b")
creates
<a>b</a>
Params:
  • parent – element that will receive the new element as child.
  • content – text content.
Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Adds nested text. * * <p>This means * <pre>appendText(&lt;a&gt;, "b")</pre> * creates * <pre> * &lt;a&gt;b&lt;/a&gt; * </pre> * * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child. * @param content text content. * * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public static void appendText(Element parent, String content) { Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument(); Text t = doc.createTextNode(content); parent.appendChild(t); }
Adds a nested CDATA section.

This means

appendCDATA(<a>, "b")
creates
<a><[!CDATA[b]]></a>
Params:
  • parent – element that will receive the new element as child.
  • content – text content.
Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Adds a nested CDATA section. * * <p>This means * <pre>appendCDATA(&lt;a&gt;, "b")</pre> * creates * <pre> * &lt;a&gt;&lt;[!CDATA[b]]&gt;&lt;/a&gt; * </pre> * * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child. * @param content text content. * * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public static void appendCDATA(Element parent, String content) { Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument(); CDATASection c = doc.createCDATASection(content); parent.appendChild(c); }
Adds nested text in a new child element.

This means

appendTextElement(<a>, "b", "c")
creates
<a>
  <b>c</b>
</a>
Params:
  • parent – element that will receive the new element as child.
  • name – of the child element.
  • content – text content.
Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Adds nested text in a new child element. * * <p>This means * <pre>appendTextElement(&lt;a&gt;, "b", "c")</pre> * creates * <pre> * &lt;a&gt; * &lt;b&gt;c&lt;/b&gt; * &lt;/a&gt; * </pre> * * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child. * @param name of the child element. * @param content text content. * * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public static void appendTextElement(Element parent, String name, String content) { Element e = createChildElement(parent, name); appendText(e, content); }
Adds a nested CDATA section in a new child element.

This means

appendCDATAElement(<a>, "b", "c")
creates
<a>
  <b><![CDATA[c]]></b>
</a>
Params:
  • parent – element that will receive the new element as child.
  • name – of the child element.
  • content – text content.
Since:Ant 1.6.3
/** * Adds a nested CDATA section in a new child element. * * <p>This means * <pre>appendCDATAElement(&lt;a&gt;, "b", "c")</pre> * creates * <pre> * &lt;a&gt; * &lt;b&gt;&lt;![CDATA[c]]&gt;&lt;/b&gt; * &lt;/a&gt; * </pre> * * @param parent element that will receive the new element as child. * @param name of the child element. * @param content text content. * * @since Ant 1.6.3 */
public static void appendCDATAElement(Element parent, String name, String content) { Element e = createChildElement(parent, name); appendCDATA(e, content); } private DOMUtils() { } }