* Note: This is an iterative implementation. */ public static void copyInto(Node src, Node dest) throws DOMException { // get node factory Document factory = dest.getOwnerDocument(); boolean domimpl = factory instanceof DocumentImpl; // placement variables Node start = src; Node parent = src; Node place = src; // traverse source tree while (place != null) { // copy this node Node node = null; int type = place.getNodeType(); switch (type) { case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE: { node = factory.createCDATASection(place.getNodeValue()); break; } case Node.COMMENT_NODE: { node = factory.createComment(place.getNodeValue()); break; } case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: { Element element = factory.createElement(place.getNodeName()); node = element; NamedNodeMap attrs = place.getAttributes(); int attrCount = attrs.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < attrCount; i++) { Attr attr = (Attr)attrs.item(i); String attrName = attr.getNodeName(); String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue(); element.setAttribute(attrName, attrValue); if (domimpl && !attr.getSpecified()) { ((AttrImpl)element.getAttributeNode(attrName)).setSpecified(false); } } break; } case Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE: { node = factory.createEntityReference(place.getNodeName()); break; } case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: { node = factory.createProcessingInstruction(place.getNodeName(), place.getNodeValue()); break; } case Node.TEXT_NODE: { node = factory.createTextNode(place.getNodeValue()); break; } default: { throw new IllegalArgumentException("can't copy node type, "+ type+" ("+ node.getNodeName()+')'); } } dest.appendChild(node); // iterate over children if (place.hasChildNodes()) { parent = place; place = place.getFirstChild(); dest = node; } // advance else { place = place.getNextSibling(); while (place == null && parent != start) { place = parent.getNextSibling(); parent = parent.getParentNode(); dest = dest.getParentNode(); } } } } // copyInto(Node,Node) }