How to modify the content of a xml element using java?

Hi all,
In my usecase I need to export some data from the database to the external file (Ms Word) using java.
The data which I get from the database will be in the form of a xml file. In that xml file
I got to modify the content of an attribute of a xml element in the java class. Kindly comeup with your help
to achieve this.
Thanks,
Phanindra.
Edited by: 887737 on Dec 5, 2011 5:52 AM

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?
@OP there are several techniques:
- string replacement as suggested by jschell
- XML parsing to a DOM and then use the DOM API
- XSLT
Which you should use depends on the complexity of your requirement.

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