On 05/30/2011 05:05 PM, Roderik Dernison wrote:
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>
> I got a lot working from java, but now I’m stuck setting dita elements
> like author. I managed to set the title from java.
>
> What’s the difference between setting the title and the author?
>
>
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> This is the code I use:
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>
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> Name author = Name./get/("author");
>
> Element authorElement = *new* Element(author);
>
> authorElement.putAttribute(Name./get/("type"), "creator");
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> String username = System./getProperty/("user.name");
>
> authorElement.setText(username);
>
> This is the result of adding the element:
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> <author type="creator"/>
>
>
Convenience method Element.setText does not create text nodes. It merely
replaces some text in an existing child text node. A newly created
element has no child nodes whatsoever, that's why, in the above case,
setText does nothing at all.
Please replace:
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authorElement.setText(username);
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by:
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authorElement.appendChild(new Text(username));
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References:
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http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/api/com/xmlmind/xml/doc/Element.html#setText(java.lang.String)
*
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/api/com/xmlmind/xml/doc/Tree.html#appendChild(com.xmlmind.xml.doc.Node)
*
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/api/com/xmlmind/xml/doc/Text.html#Text(java.lang.String)
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PS:
Method Element.setText is implemented as follows:
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public boolean setText(String text) {
// Check it can be done ---
Node node = first;
while (node != null) {
if (node.getType() == Type.ELEMENT) {
// setText fails if this element contains child elements.
return false;
}
node = node.next;
}
// Do it ---
boolean done = false;
node = first;
while (node != null) {
Node next = node.next;
if (node.getType() == Type.TEXT) {
Text textNode = (Text) node;
if (!done) {
done = true;
if (document != null) {
document.beginEdit();
}
textNode.setText(text);
} else {
// This happens when comments and/or processing
// instructions have been inserted in the middle of Text
// nodes.
removeChild(textNode);
}
}
node = next;
}
if (done && document != null) {
document.endEdit();
}
return done;
}
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If you have access to the full source code of XMLmind XML Editor, the
quickest way to get unstuck is to take a look at this source code.
You'll see that this source code is pretty easy to follow.
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