Convert String XML fragment to Document Node in Java

Question

In Java how can you convert a String that represents a fragment of XML for insertion into an XML document?

e.g.

String newNode =  \"valu         


        

Answer 1

You can use the document's import (or adopt) method to add XML fragments:

  /**
   * @param docBuilder
   *          the parser
   * @param parent
   *          node to add fragment to
   * @param fragment
   *          a well formed XML fragment
   */
  public static void appendXmlFragment(
      DocumentBuilder docBuilder, Node parent,
      String fragment) throws IOException, SAXException {
    Document doc = parent.getOwnerDocument();
    Node fragmentNode = docBuilder.parse(
        new InputSource(new StringReader(fragment)))
        .getDocumentElement();
    fragmentNode = doc.importNode(fragmentNode, true);
    parent.appendChild(fragmentNode);
  }