Changeset 3985

Timestamp:

2003-03-25T16:11:19+12:00 (21 years ago)

Author:

mdewsnip

Message:

Added function for returning a copy of an element with a different name.

File:

• trunk/gsdl3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/util/GSXML.java (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/gsdl3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/util/GSXML.java

@@ -1 +1 @@
 package org.greenstone.gsdl3.util;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -316 +317 @@
        
 
+    /** Duplicates an element, but gives it a new name */
+    public static Element duplicateWithNewName(Document owner, Element element,
+                           String element_name, boolean with_attributes)
+    {
+    Element duplicate = owner.createElement(element_name);
+
+    // Copy element attributes
+    if (with_attributes) {
+        NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
+        for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) {
+        Node attribute = attributes.item(i);
+        duplicate.setAttribute(attribute.getNodeName(), attribute.getNodeValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Copy element children
+    NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
+    for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
+        Node child = children.item(i);
+        duplicate.appendChild(owner.importNode(child, true));
+    }
+
+    return duplicate;
+    }
+
+
     /** returns a basic request message */
     public static  Element createBasicRequest(Document owner,