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

...and if you're using purely XOM, something like this:

    String xml = "" + xml + "";
    Document doc = new Builder( false ).build( xml, null );
    Nodes children = doc.getRootElement().removeChildren();
    for( int ix = 0; ix < children.size(); ix++ ) {
        otherDocumentElement.appendChild( children.get( ix ) );
    }

XOM uses fakeRoot internally to do pretty much the same, so it should be safe, if not exactly elegant.