Java code to append/add data into a existing xml file

Java code to append data into a existing xml file, As user enters data it overwrites the previous XML file,I want it to be append the data in XML file rather then overwriting. Heres My code:

<%@page import="java.io.*,org.w3c.dom.*,javax.xml.parsers.*,javax.xml.transform.*, javax.xml.transform.dom.*,javax.xml.transform.stream.*,javax.xml.*"%> 
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
    <title>untitled</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <P>
    <form>
      <P>Name &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <input type="text" name="text1"/>
      </P>
      <P>Address &nbsp;&nbsp;
      <input type="text" name="text2"/></P>
      <P>Contact&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <input type="text" name="text3"/></P>
      <P>Email &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <input type="text" name="text4"/></P>
      <P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </P>
      <P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"/>
      </P>
    </form></P>
      <%!

      public void createXmlTree(Document doc,String name,String address,String contact,String email) throws Exception {
        System.out.println(name);
        Element root = doc.createElement("Student");
        doc.appendChild(root);

        Element child1 = doc.createElement("Name");
        root.appendChild(child1);

        Text text1 = doc.createTextNode(name);
        child1.appendChild(text1);

        Element child2 = doc.createElement("Address");
        root.appendChild(child2);

        Text text2 = doc.createTextNode(address);
        child2.appendChild(text2);

        Element child3 = doc.createElement("ContactNo");
        root.appendChild(child3);

        Text text3 = doc.createTextNode(contact);
        child3.appendChild(text3);

        Element child4 = doc.createElement("Email");
        root.appendChild(child4);

        Text text4 = doc.createTextNode(email);
        child4.appendChild(text4);


        TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();

        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");


        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        StreamResult result = new StreamResult(sw);
        DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
        transformer.transform(source, result);
        String xmlString = sw.toString();

        File file = new File("c:/new.xml");
        BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
        bw.write(xmlString);
        bw.flush();
        bw.close();

    }%>


<%
String name1,address1,contact1,email1;
name1 = request.getParameter("text1");   
address1 = request.getParameter("text2"); 
contact1 = request.getParameter("text3"); 
email1 = request.getParameter("text4");
String name=name1;
      String address=address1;
      String contact=contact1;
      String email=email1;


  try
  {
      System.out.println(name);
    DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        DocumentBuilder docBuilder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
        Document doc = docBuilder.newDocument();
       createXmlTree(doc,name,address,contact,email);


    out.println("<b>Xml File Created Successfully</b>");
  }
  catch(Exception e)
  {
    System.out.println(e);
  }

  %>
  </body>
</html>

This JSP code overwrites XML file with new data but not appends it.I want to know how to apend that data.Thank you

View Answers

March 7, 2011 at 1:01 PM

Do modification in createxml.jsp

<%@page import="java.io.*,org.w3c.dom.*,javax.xml.parsers.*,javax.xml.transform.*, javax.xml.transform.dom.*,javax.xml.transform.stream.*"%>  
  <%!
        public void createXmlTree(Document doc,String name,String address,String contact,String email) throws Exception{
        System.out.println(name);
        Element root = doc.createElement("Employee");
        doc.appendChild(root);

        Element child1 = doc.createElement("Name");
        root.appendChild(child1);

        Text text1 = doc.createTextNode(name);
        child1.appendChild(text1);

        Element child2 = doc.createElement("Address");
        root.appendChild(child2);

        Text text2 = doc.createTextNode(address);
        child2.appendChild(text2);

        Element child3 = doc.createElement("ContactNo");
        root.appendChild(child3);

        Text text3 = doc.createTextNode(contact);
        child3.appendChild(text3);

        Element child4 = doc.createElement("Email");
        root.appendChild(child4);

        Text text4 = doc.createTextNode(email);
        child4.appendChild(text4);

        TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();

        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");

        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        StreamResult result = new StreamResult(sw);
        DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
        transformer.transform(source, result);
        String xmlString = sw.toString();

        File file = new File("c:/emp.xml");
        FileWriter fw=new FileWriter(file,true);
        BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
        bw.write(xmlString);
        bw.flush();
        bw.close();
      }
      %>
<%
      String name=request.getParameter("name");
      String address=request.getParameter("address");
      String contact=request.getParameter("contact");
      String email=request.getParameter("email");
  try{
      System.out.println(name);
      DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
      DocumentBuilder docBuilder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
      Document doc = docBuilder.newDocument();
      createXmlTree(doc,name,address,contact,email);
      out.println("<b>Xml File Created Successfully</b>");
  }
  catch(Exception e){
    System.out.println(e);
  }     
  %>

March 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Sorry sir but your code is not creating XML file,and it is same as that of my code, I havent find emp.XML fileusing ur code.Please check it aain and answer it.Thank you

May 18, 2011 at 4:18 PM

That code is very good. I need to add node in exist file but I can not help me because I am searching it.

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