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Replace Node In XML
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// replaces a node with a new (textual node)
// @Node node - the node (or Document) you want to replace.
// @nodeToReplace - the node you want to replace
// @replacementNode - the node you want to replace it with!
private static void replaceNodeWithString(Node node, Node nodeToReplace, Node replacementNode) {
NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
for(int i=0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++){
Node childNode = nodeList.item(i);
if(childNode.getNodeName().equals(nodeToReplace.getNodeName())){
Element parentElement = (Element)childNode.getParentNode();
parentElement.insertBefore(replacementNode, childNode);
childNode.getParentNode().removeChild(childNode);
parentElement.normalize();
i--;
}
replaceNodeWithString(childNode, nodeToReplace, replacementNode);
}
}
