Replace Node in XML

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 08:09

// replaces a node with a new (textual node)
// @Node node - the node (or Document) you want to replace.
// @nodeToReplace - the node you want to replace
// @replacementNode - the node you want to replace it with!



private static void replaceNodeWithString(Node node, Node nodeToReplace, Node replacementNode) {

	NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();

	for(int i=0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++){

		Node childNode = nodeList.item(i);

			 

		if(childNode.getNodeName().equals(nodeToReplace.getNodeName())){

			Element parentElement = (Element)childNode.getParentNode();

			parentElement.insertBefore(replacementNode, childNode);

			childNode.getParentNode().removeChild(childNode);

			parentElement.normalize();

			i--;

		}

		replaceNodeWithString(childNode, nodeToReplace, replacementNode);

	}

}