Transform DOM as XML ????????

Question

Hi Friends
I have created a DOM for an XML file and then I edited that DOM.
Now Please if it is possible to TRANSFORM that DOM again as an XML file instead of HTML file.
One mode thing if i have a dom and I want to add CDATA to specific NODE how do we do it .. Please let me know.
Any help would be great.
Thanks

Answer 1

How to add a CDATA section to a NODE, provided that the DTD allows a CDATA section to be added to a NODE you can do the following:
This is the general idea: you will have to check if it compiles.
//Create a CharacterData node from a Document. The document represents a DOM which was either created from an xml file or is being created on the file.
CharacterData cdata = document.createCDATASection("The character data");
//Find the node that you want by using a search algorithm:
public boolean findNode(Node root, String elementName,
CharacterData cdata){
if(root instanceof Text){
System.out.println("element is a text node");
return false;
//if you have found the node with local name ==
//elementName. Then append the cdatasection as a
//child
if(root.getLocalName().equals(elementName)){
System.out.println("Found Node");
root.appendChild(cdata);
return true;
if(!root.hasChildNodes()){
System.out.println("element has no children");
return false;
//Run through the children for root and for each //recursively see if any of their children is the desired node.
NodeList childNodes = root.getChildNodes();
int noChildren = childNodes.getLength();
boolean result = false;
for(int i = 0; i<noChildren; i++){
if(!result){
System.out.println("About to find next child");
result = findNode(childNodes.item(i),
elementName, cdata);
}else break;
return result;
Hope this helps.