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addElement

Element XmlWriter.addElement ( String name ) (enterprise edition only)
Element XmlWriter.addElement ( String name, String text ) (enterprise edition only)
Element XmlWriter.addElement ( String name, String text, Hashtable attributes ) (enterprise edition only)
Element XmlWriter.addElement ( Element elementToAppendTo, String name ) (enterprise edition only)
Element XmlWriter.addElement ( Element elementToAppendTo, String name, String text ) (enterprise edition only)
Element XmlWriter.addElement ( Element elementToAppendTo, String name, String text, Hashtable attributes ) (enterprise edition only)

Description

Add a node to the XML file.

Parameters

  • elementToAppendTo (optional) The XmlElement to which the node is being appended.
  • name The element's name, as a string.
  • text (optional) Any text to be added inside of the node, as a string.
  • attributes (optional) Hashtable of attribute names and their associated values, for the node.

Return Values

Returns the added element object.

Change Log

Version Description
4.5 Available for enterprise edition.

Examples

Add Nodes to XML File

 // Import package
import com.screenscraper.xml.*;

 // Create XmlWriter
 xmlWriter = new XmlWriter( "C:/students.xml", "students" );

 // Add Student Node
 student = xmlWriter.addElement( "student" );

 // Add Name Node Under the Student
 address = xmlWriter.addElement( student, "name", "John Smith" );

 // Close XmlWriter
 xmlWriter.close();

See Also

  • addElements() [XmlWriter] - Add multiple nodes under a single node
scraper on 07/16/2010 at 4:56 pm