[jdom-interest] How do I re-order child elements?

[Steven D. Keens]

If my understanding of JDOM is correct, you could use Collections.sort().

	Comparator comp = new YourComparator();
	List children = el.getMixedContent();
	Collections.sort( children, comp );

The children should then be sorted according to the order you
specifiy in YourCmparator.

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: jdom-interest-admin at jdom.org
>[mailto:jdom-interest-admin at jdom.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Nichols
>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:33
>To: JDOM Interest
>Subject: [jdom-interest] How do I re-order child elements?
>
>
>Good Day,
>
>I need to re-order children of an Element. Since el.addContent() always
>seems to _append_, what's the best way to do this?
>
>Method 1: use getMixedContent() to get a List, then el.removeChildren(),
>then el.addContent() for the Elements from the List.
>
>Method 2:
>Element newEl = el.clone();
>newEl.removeChildren();
>newEl.addContent ( /* from el.getChildren().iterator() */ );
>Then copy everything back from newEl to el.
>
>Neither looks very attractive, nor efficient - I'd guess method 2 would be
>a dog. Anyone have any better suggestions?
>
>Would there be a more general use for an Element.addContent (int index,
>Element content)  ? This would allow plenty of scope for re-ordering and
>sorting at minimal (apparent) cost, and would only need passing down to
>LinkedList.add (int index, Object o). To reposition an element, just
>el.removeContent (child);
>el.addContent (index, child);
>
>What do you think? Do other people have this requirement?
>
>Regards,
>Thomas.
>
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