How replace XML Elements with java

I have been usint SAX 2.0 and DOM Level 2 api's to represent XML documents, which i parse with apache's Xerces parser... I am trying to delete certain elements and replace them with others, but none of the api's allow this the closes i have come is replacing attributes of elements....

-jverd
You might also want to look into jdom or dom4j.Thanks jdom worked for replaceing the elements and attributes...but when i tried to store the changes in a new file, the text nodes were processed. for e.g. if i had &#8217 the char ( ' ) appeared in the new file. how do i keep the unicode...

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How to replace XML elements using java

I have been usint SAX 2.0 and DOM Level 2 api's to represent XML documents, which i parse with apache's Xerces parser... I am trying to delete certain elements and replace them with others, but none of the api's allow this the closes i have come is replacing attributes of elements....

Answered in crosspost.
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=638156

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I've got a XML-structure with following elements:
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solved with:
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How to modify the content of a xml element using java?

Hi all,
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Why don't you try Xerces2?Why don't you tell him to use the javax.xml APIs that are already built in? And that use Xerces2 under the hood? Instead of throwing out a suggestion that might lead to him adding another copy of Xerces into his application?
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- XSLT
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I ve been looking for hours for a method to create an
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Split XML in Multiple XML files with Java Code

Hi guys , i have following xml file as input ....
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<T0020
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<VERSION>04.02</VERSION>
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<IRP_ACCOUNT>
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<IRP_BASE_COUNTRY>US</IRP_BASE_COUNTRY>
<IRP_BASE_STATE>AR</IRP_BASE_STATE>
<IRP_ACCOUNT_NUMBER>55002</IRP_ACCOUNT_NUMBER>
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<STREET_LINE_1>1400 N OATS</STREET_LINE_1>
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<CITY>TEXARKANA</CITY>
<STATE>AR</STATE>
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<COUNTY>MILLER</COUNTY>
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<COUNTRY>US</COUNTRY>
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<ADDRESS_TYPE>MA</ADDRESS_TYPE>
<STREET_LINE_1>P O BOX 1927</STREET_LINE_1>
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<STATE>AR</STATE>
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<COUNTY/>
<COLONIA/>
<COUNTRY>US</COUNTRY>
</IRP_ADDRESS>
</IRP_NAME>
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<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
</T0020>
and i want to take this xml file and split it into multiple files through java code like this ...
File1.xml
<T0020>
<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
</T0020>
File2.xml
<T0020>
<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
<IRP_ACCOUNT> ..... </IRP_ACCOUNT>
</T0020>
like wise...
Each xml file contain maximum 10 or 15 IRP_ACCOUNT.
Can somebody please help me ? How can i do it with stax like start element and all ?
thanks in advance.

Ah, sorry, strike that. You want multiple files. I think the easiest way is to simply parse with DOM. [http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp] . And here [http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp].
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We are working on a project that involves a outbound SALT Web service call that includes complex elements with attributes..We are looking for options of how to use FML API's to pass these attribute values from the application code.
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___<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>___
______
___<Service Name="TestService" Version="1.1" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="Untitled6.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">___
___     <DateTime>2001-12-17T09:30:47Z</DateTime>___
___     <UUID>text</UUID>___
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wsdlcvt generated the mif file with Service as a FML32 type and all its child elements as "mbstring". We tried to leave as it is and we also tried to replace all the child elements and just had a mif entry for "Service" as a mbstring neither produced a different output...Tried to dump using Ferror32 which did not dump any..._
The sample C/C++ code as per suggestions were to do the following...
_1) Have a string with the entire XML for Service_
xmldata="<Service Name=\"TestService"\ Version="1.1\"_ xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"Untitled6.xsd\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">_
_     <DateTime>2001-12-17T09:30:47Z</DateTime>_
_     <UUID>text</UUID>_
_</Service>";_
_2) Use Fmbpack32 to create a mbstring data_
_memcpy(reqmbptr, (char*)xmldata.data(),xmldata.length());_
_len=xmldata.length();_
_Fmbpack32(mbcodeName,reqmbptr,len, packdata,(FLDLEN32 *)&packedlen,0);_
userlog("Size of packedlen is %d",packedlen);
3) Add the packed data to the output buffer
Fadd32(fmlbuffer,Service, packdata,packedlen );
But we do not see the Service tag populated in the GWWS outbound request.Everything else makes it....any help on how to move ahead would be appreciated...

It seems you switch to the 10gR3 GA and now the whole XML data is mapped to FLD_MBSTRING.
I will forward my sample to you by mail, but this sample is not offical sample, it is just QA test case. You can refere it and check what's the difference.
Please let me know your mail address.
Regards,
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