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Ran_Macavity
Ran_Macavity

Reputation: 154

Add a new root element for xml in Java

I have a String in java which is in the XML format. Please note it is not a xml file but a string in XML format.

I need to append a new root element for that.

My xml

<Country>
  <Street>ABC</Street>
  <City>XYZ</Street>
</Country>

What I need is 

<Location>
    <Country>
       <Street>ABC</Street>
       <City>XYZ</Street>
    </Country>
</Location>

I tried many ways and also this is related to my problem I posted earlier.

Jaxb Marshals the same XML MessageQuestion

Since I need a quick fix, thought of appending the root somehow.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 428

Answers (1)

toastedDeli
toastedDeli

Reputation: 580

There's probably a more generic and better way of doing what you're trying to do but since the question is about specifically using a String...

In the comments, you said the indentation matters. That means you need to indent everything you have so far, i.e adding 2 or 4 spaces or a tab or however much you want to indent by. This needs to be done after each \n character.

You can then put <newRoot>\n at the start of the string, and \n</newRoot> at the end of the string.

Note: this will only work "as intended" for already formatted XML input strings. In other words, if you give it

<t1>
  <t2>
    <t3>
  </t3>
  </t2>
</t1>

(which is not consistently indented)

It will give you the same inner XML back, but with 1 consistent level of indentation added:

<t0>
  <t1>
    <t2>
      <t3>
    </t3>
    </t2>
  </t1>
</t0>

Upvotes: 1

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