RE: How to add attributes

[Cory Isaacson \(Compuflex\)]

You just need to use the Element.setAttribute() methods in Xerces, which are well explained in the API.

 

Cory

-----Original Message-----
From: borg borg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to add attributes

Hi

  I'm new to this so I was wondering if anyone could give me a hand.  I'm looking at the sample on creating an xml doc and trying to figure out how to add attributes to it.

This is the sample that came with the download.

 

I would like to do something like this:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<person

  <name>Jeff</name>

  <age>8</age>

  <height>1.80</height>

</person>

 

But would like to add an attribute:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<person

  <name value="35">Jeff</name>

  <age>8</age>

  <height>1.80</height>

</person>

 

public class DOMGenerate {
    public static void main( String[] argv ) {
        try {
            Document doc= new DocumentImpl();
            Element root = doc.createElement("person");     // Create Root Element
            Element item = doc.createElement("name");       // Create element
            item.appendChild( doc.createTextNode("Jeff") );
            root.appendChild( item );                       // atach element to Root element
          &nr Element - grandaugther
            doc.appendChild( root );                        // Add Root to Document

            OutputFormat    format  = new OutputFormat( doc );   file://Serialize DOM
            StringWriter  stringOut = new StringWriter();        file://Writer will be a String
            XMLSerializer    serial = new XMLSerializer( stringOut, format );
            serial.asDOMSerializer();                            // As a DOM Serializer

            serial.serialize( doc.getDocumentElement() );

            System.out.println( "STRXML = " + stringOut.toString() ); file://Spit out DOM as a String
        } catch ( Exception ex ) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

 

 

Any ideas on how to add it to the existing source?

 

Thanks

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