Java & XML-DOM. Change the tag name of an Element object.

[David Portabella]

Using the Java package org.w3c.dom,
I have an Element object.
How can I change the tagName of a given Element?

There is the method Element.getTagName(),
but I did not find the method Element.setTagName() or equivalent.

One solution could be to create a new Element, with the new name, move
all the children and attributes from the old element to the new one,
and to replace the old element for the new one in the tree.

Is there a simpler and more natural solution?
some xml util package (that works with org.w3c.dom)?

DAvid

 

[JTL.zheng]

you can try JDOM(www.jdom.org)
it can rename a element:

 

[Mike Schilling]

Using the Java package org.w3c.dom,
I have an Element object.
How can I change the tagName of a given Element?

There is the method Element.getTagName(),
but I did not find the method Element.setTagName() or equivalent.

One solution could be to create a new Element, with the new name, move
all the children and attributes from the old element to the new one,
and to replace the old element for the new one in the tree.

Is there a simpler and more natural solution?

No. What you described is the only way to do it.