<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Hi there<DIV>first time poster so go easy on me :)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have a document, that I want to replace an Element with another Element (from a different document). I have tried a number of things but dont seem to be able to get it right. </DIV><DIV>(A little more background, I have a document tree, when you select an Element, you can see the whole Element's text in a text field that you can edit it. When you are done editing that Element, it creates a new document with just that Element, I now want to replace the original element with that text)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Any ideas?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here is what I have so far...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">StringBuffer StringBuffer1 = </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F0055" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">new</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> StringBuffer(<FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000C0">editedElementText</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">);</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">ByteArrayInputStream Bis1;</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F0055" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">try</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> {</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Bis1 = </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F0055" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">new</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> ByteArrayInputStream(StringBuffer1.toString().getBytes(</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2A00FF" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">"UTF-8"</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">));</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">LineNumberSAXBuilder builder = </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F0055" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">new</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> LineNumberSAXBuilder();</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">builder.setValidation(</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F0055" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">false</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">);</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Document document = builder.build(Bis1);</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Element content = (Element)document.getRootElement().clone();</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000C0" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">selNode</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">.setElement(content); //the orignial node</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">XMLOutputter outputter = </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F0055" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">new</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> XMLOutputter();</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">String modDocument = outputter.outputString(</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000C0" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">selNode</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">.getElement().getDocument());</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">System.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000C0" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">out</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">.println(modDocument);</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><BR><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>}</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>....</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><BR>but it doesnt seem to change the original document.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Many thanks in advance</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Mark Drew </DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>