Re: multiple root nodes

Hi,

No, you can't have multiple root nodes in an XML document.

Why would you need this kind of thing ?

Regards,

Arnaud

"Nik" <waves@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message news:
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> I created a XML file with java which looks like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> - <music>
> - <mp3>
> <name>Audioplacid - Heaven 0.9.1.mp3</name>
> <size>11911528</size>
> <path>D:\Mp3</path>
> <ext>mp3</ext>
> <added>1112185739331</added>
> </mp3>
> - <mp3>
> <name>E-Nature - Silent Nature.mp3</name>
> <size>12449920</size>
> <path>D:\Mp3\E-Nature</path>
> <ext>mp3</ext>
> <added>1065606457000</added>
> <comment />
> <rating />
> <hidden />
> </mp3>
> .....
>
> I tried several times to add more than one root node to the xml file but
> everytime I want to do that I either get an error or the first root node
> will be overwritten with the second root node.
>
> is it possible to have more than one root node in the same file?
> any tips or suggestions?
>
> my current java code for this function looks like this:
>
> public Document addXmlContent(String directory, String discName, String
> archiveName)
> throws ParserConfigurationException {
>
> Vector filesInDirectory = fillDirInVector(directory);
>
> /* get an xml doc */
> DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
> DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
> Document xmldoc = builder.newDocument();
>
> // create the root node
> // NAME OF ARCHIVE
> Element docRoot = xmldoc.createElement(archiveName);
>
> // VECTOR READING LOOP START
> for (int i = 0; i < filesInDirectory.size(); i += 5) {
>
> /* create a row node */
> // NAME OF DISC
> Element rowElement = xmldoc.createElement(discName);
>
> /* create the column nodes and append each to the row node */
> Element columnElement;
> Text textData;
>
> // FILE NAME
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("name");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode((String) filesInDirectory
> .elementAt(i));
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // FILE SIZE
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("size");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode((String) filesInDirectory
> .elementAt(i + 1));
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // SUBPATH IN DIRECTORY
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("path");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode((String) filesInDirectory
> .elementAt(i + 2));
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // FILE EXTENSION
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("ext");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode((String) filesInDirectory
> .elementAt(i + 3));
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // LAST MODIFICATION DATE
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("added");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode((String) filesInDirectory
> .elementAt(i + 4));
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // PERSONAL COMMENT FOR FILE
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("comment");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode("");
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // RATE SPECIFIC FILE
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("rating");
> textData = xmldoc.createTextNode("");
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> // SHOW ARCHIVE ONLY IF PASSWORD WAS ENTERED
> columnElement = xmldoc.createElement("hidden");
> xmldoc.createTextNode("n");
> columnElement.appendChild(textData);
> rowElement.appendChild(columnElement);
>
> /* append the row node to the root node */
> docRoot.appendChild(rowElement);
>
> /* VECTOR READING LOOP END */
> }
>
> /* append the root node to the empty document */
> xmldoc.appendChild(docRoot);
>
> return xmldoc;
> }


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