Creating XML Doc using JDOM... HELP!!!!!

Question

I've got a constructor which creates an Annotation object ... each object has 4 fields;
Annotation Owner
Date/time submitted
ID
Annotation Text
When each Annotation object is constructed it is placed on a Vector array.
I now want to create an XML Document for the Annotation object on the Vector Array...
I am using JDOM and have managed to create a simple constructor:
// Class XMLDocument...
// This class is a subclass of MooNotes 2 that is designed to construct a XMLDocument containing a particular
// Annotations details...
class XMLDocument {
     long docID;
     org.jdom.Document xmldoc;
     * <p>
     * Build a simple XML document in memory
     * </p>
     // Constructor for the XMLDocument class...
     // This constructor will construct an
// XMLDocument and populate the data fields with the particular
     // Annotation contents.
     // The constructor is passed a DOCUMENT ID and a JDOM document when invoked and it uses this data to construct
     // the XML Document.
     public XMLDocument(long docID, org.jdom.Document xmldoc) {
     this.docID = docID;
     this.xmldoc = xmldoc;
     xmldoc.setDocType(new org.jdom.DocType("html", "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN", "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"));
     org.jdom.DocType docType = xmldoc.getDocType();
     messagearea.append("XMLDocument Element: " + docType.getElementName() + " \n");
     messagearea.append("XMLDocument Public ID: " + docType.getPublicID() + " \n");
     messagearea.append("XMLDocument SystemID: " + docType.getSystemID() + " \n");
     messagearea.append("Document successfully built " + " \n");
How do I construct a Document to accept and hold the contents of an Annotation Object?
P.S.
AnnotationSubmitter is a String
So is Date/time
ID is a long number
Annotation Text is also a String

Answer 1

Since your constructor receives a org.jdom.Document already, it's difficult to figure out what you're trying to do. I'm also not sure what you mean by a Vector array, but I'm gonna give it a shot. To construct a simple org.jdom.Document (without namespace) I would do the following:
Element root=new Element("ALL_ANNOTATIONS");
Document=new Document(root);
doc.setDocType(new DocType(  ...[your stuff]... ));
and loop through your annotations objects
for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
    root.addChild(new Element("ANNOTATION")
                  .addChild(new Element("ANNOTATION_OWNER")
                        .setText(annotObjects.getAnnotationOwner()))
.addChild(new Element("ANNOTATION_TIME")
.setText(......getTime()))
.addChild(new Element("ANNOTATION_ID")
.setText(""+annotObjects[i].getID()))
.addChild(new Element("ANNOTATION_TEXT")
.setText(......getText()));
In the end this should give you the equivalent of:
<ALL_ANNOTATIONS>
<ANNOTATION>
<ANNOTATION_OWNER>
Text of First Annotation Owner
</ANNOTATION_OWNER>
<ANNOTATION_TIME>
Time/Date of annotation
</ANNOTATION_TIME>
<ANNOTATION_ID>
1234567
</ANNOTATION_ID>
<ANNOTATION_TEXT>
Some Annotation Text
</ANNOTATION_TEXT>
</ANNOTATION>
<ANNOTATION>
etc. N-1 Times.
</ANNOTATION>
</ALL_ANNOTATIONS>
Hope that helps.