Find and Replace for XML

I have requirements for searching through XML files and performing a number of different Find and Replace functions. They include Find and Replace:
- on content in any element
- on content within a specified element
- on attribute values within a specified element
- on attribute names within a specified element
- on element type names themselves
The last 2 Find and Replace types could invalidate the document. I'm thinking DOM would be most appropriate for this. Which java packages/classes/technologies are the best to use? BTW, I've got some experience with java and a little less with XML.
Thanks....

Hi, here is what I suggest: You can use DOM or JDOM as your tecnology. I prefer to use DOM because is the one I'm familiar with.
For the first three assignments, you can use DOM methods to get node text, data, etc.(look for the API/examples in the web). For the 2 last assignments, you may need to use XSLT to produce the OUT put XML and in some cases use filtering and concatenation. See http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.0/tutorial/index.html.
Good luck!

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