Java & XML-DOM. Change the tag name of an Element object.

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David Portabella - 28 Jul 2007 06:25 GMT

Using the Java package org.w3c.dom,
I have an Element object.
How can I change the tagName of a given Element?

There is the method Element.getTagName(),
but I did not find the method Element.setTagName() or equivalent.

One solution could be to create a new Element, with the new name, move
all the children and attributes from the old element to the new one,
and to replace the old element for the new one in the tree.

Is there a simpler and more natural solution?
some xml util package (that works with org.w3c.dom)?

DAvid

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JTL.zheng - 28 Jul 2007 07:10 GMT

you can try JDOM(www.jdom.org)
it can rename a element:
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Element el = doc.getRootElement();
el.setName("newName");
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Mike Schilling - 28 Jul 2007 17:21 GMT

David Portabella wrote:

> Using the Java package org.w3c.dom,
> I have an Element object.
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>
> Is there a simpler and more natural solution?

No. What you described is the only way to do it.

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