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Wed, 18 July 2012 14:55

Eclipse User

Hello Pals!

Here is my initial xml file:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<missions>
<mission number="1">
<name>first mission</name>
<score>1.0</score>
</mission>
<mission number="2">
<name>second mission</name>
<score>0.2</score>
</mission>
</missions>
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I am trying to add a new element "mission" to my xml file.

here is a bit of my code:
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public class ModifyXMLFile {
public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
File xmlFile = new File("c:\\file3.xml");

Document doc = (Document)builder.build(xmlFile);

Element missions = doc.getRootElement();

Element newMission= new Element("newMission");

missions.addContent(newMission);

// I want to add an attribute to newMission trying:
/* Attr number = doc.createAttribute("number");
number.setValue("3");
mission.setAttributeNode(number);
*/
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The above commented code does obviously not work. Any idea on how to get what I want?
I want the final xml to look like:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<missions>
<mission number="1">
<name>first mission</name>
<score>1.0</score>
</mission>
<mission number="2">
<name>second mission</name>
<score>0.2</score>
</mission>
<newMission number="3">
<name>second mission</name>
<score>0.2</score>
</mission>
</missions>
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what the functional part of my code gives me is:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<missions>
<mission number="1">
<name>first mission</name>
<score>1.0</score>
</mission>
<mission number="2">
<name>second mission</name>
<score>0.2</score>
</mission>
<newMission />
</missions>
-----------------------------------------------

I am not sure how to handle this.

Thanks in advance

Re: add element to xml [message #896548 is a reply to message #896539]

Wed, 18 July 2012 15:54

Eclipse User

On 7/18/2012 12:55 PM, padina suky wrote:
> Hello Pals!
>
> Here is my initial xml file:
>[snip]
> I am not sure how to handle this.
>
> Thanks in advance

Padina,

This isn't a general programming help forum. It's for questions
regarding the set-up and use of Eclipse. You'll want to ask this
question elsewhere. I'd suggest stackoverflow.com.

Russ

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