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Difference between setattribute and addContent in jdom? I dont understand what is the difference

Could someone explain what is the difference between setattribute and addContent in Jdom, when I use this for an element, could someone explain the difference?

I have read the API but I was unable to understand that

Solution

  • setAttribute sets an attribute for the given element.

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    Attribute is an XML attribute, so, if you have

    <elem></elem>

    and you call setAttribute, specifying that attr should have the value of val, then it will convert the above to

    <elem attr="val"></elem>

    addContent appends all children in the given collection to the end of the content list.

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    So, if you specify your children, then they will be added between the > and the < sign of the element, like

    <elem>...</elem>

    where ... represents whatever content you have defined.