How to swap two XML elements through DOM Parser/Java

Question

I have an XML doc-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?> 
<Companies>
<company id="ABHISHEK">
    <staff id="1">
        <firstname>yong</firstname>
        <lastname>mook kim</lastname>
        <nickname>mkyong</nickname>
        <salary>100000</salary>
    </staff>
</company>
<company id="RAHUL">
    <staff id="2">
        <firstname>yong</firstname>
        <lastname>mook kim</lastname>
        <nickname>mkyong</nickname>
        <salary>100000</salary>
    </staff>
</company>
</Companies>

Now I want to swap the category ABHISHEK and RAHUL so that in xml , Compay with ID RAHUL comes first then ABHISHEK. Is there any existing API to do it?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '11 at 14:09

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Yes, have a look at the org.w3c.dom package and the Node interface.

If the order of <company> elements depend on some sort order, perhaps XSLT is a better alternative.

answered Nov 10 '11 at 14:09

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RootElement.insertBefore(secondChild, parentChild); this logic worked – Abhishek Choudhary Nov 14 '11 at 15:18

How to swap two XML elements through DOM Parser/Java

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