要使用dom4j读写XML文档,需要先下载dom4j包,dom4j官方网站在 http://www.dom4j.org/
目前最新dom4j包下载地址:http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dom4j/dom4j-1.6.1.zip解开后有两个包,仅操作XML文档的话把dom4j-1.6.1.jar加入工程就可以了,如果需要使用XPath的话还需要加入包jaxen-1.1-beta-7.jar.

以下是相关操作:

一.Document对象相关
1.读取XML文件,获得document对象.


SAXReader reader  
 = 
   
 new 
  SAXReader();
            Document  document  
 = 
  reader.read( 
 new 
  File( 
 " 
 input.xml 
 " 
 ));


2.解析XML形式的文本,得到document对象.


String text  
 = 
   
 " 
 <members></members> 
 " 
 ;
            Document document  
 = 
  DocumentHelper.parseText(text);


3.主动创建document对象.


Document document  
 = 
  DocumentHelper.createDocument();
            Element root  
 = 
  document.addElement( 
 " 
 members 
 " 
 ); 
 // 
  创建根节点


二.节点相关
1.获取文档的根节点.

Element rootElm  
 = 
  document.getRootElement();

2.取得某节点的单个子节点.


Element memberElm 
 = 
 root.element( 
 " 
 member 
 " 
 ); 
 // 
  "member"是节点名


3.取得节点的文字


String text 
 = 
 memberElm.getText();


也可以用:


String text 
 = 
 root.elementText( 
 " 
 name 
 " 
 );


这个是取得根节点下的name字节点的文字.

4.取得某节点下名为"member"的所有字节点并进行遍历.


List nodes  
 = 
  rootElm.elements( 
 " 
 member 
 " 
 );

 
 for 
  (Iterator it  
 = 
  nodes.iterator(); it.hasNext();)  
 {
   Element elm = (Element) it.next();
   // do something
}


5.对某节点下的所有子节点进行遍历.


for 
 (Iterator it 
 = 
 root.elementIterator();it.hasNext();) 
 {
                Element element = (Element) it.next();
                // do something
            }


6.在某节点下添加子节点.


Element ageElm  
 = 
  newMemberElm.addElement( 
 " 
 age 
 " 
 );


7.设置节点文字.


ageElm.setText( 
 " 
 29 
 " 
 );


8.删除某节点.

parentElm.remove(childElm); 
 // 
  childElm是待删除的节点,parentElm是其父节点

9.添加一个CDATA节点.


Element contentElm  
 = 
  infoElm.addElement( 
 " 
 content 
 " 
 );
        contentElm.addCDATA(diary.getContent());


三.属性相关.
1.取得某节点下的某属性


Element root 
 = 
 document.getRootElement();    
            Attribute attribute 
 = 
 root.attribute( 
 " 
 size 
 " 
 ); 
 // 
  属性名name


2.取得属性的文字


String text 
 = 
 attribute.getText();


也可以用:


String text2 
 = 
 root.element( 
 " 
 name 
 " 
 ).attributeValue( 
 " 
 firstname 
 " 
 );


这个是取得根节点下name字节点的属性firstname的值.

3.遍历某节点的所有属性

Element root 
 = 
 document.getRootElement();    
             
 for 
 (Iterator it 
 = 
 root.attributeIterator();it.hasNext();) 
 {
                Attribute attribute = (Attribute) it.next();
                String text=attribute.getText();
                System.out.println(text);
            }

4.设置某节点的属性和文字.


newMemberElm.addAttribute( 
 " 
 name 
 " 
 ,  
 " 
 sitinspring 
 " 
 );


5.设置属性的文字


    

Attribute attribute 
 = 
 root.attribute( 
 " 
 name 
 " 
 );
            attribute.setText( 
 " 
 sitinspring 
 " 
 );


6.删除某属性


 

Attribute attribute 
 = 
 root.attribute( 
 " 
 size 
 " 
 ); 
 // 
  属性名name 
 
 
             root.remove(attribute);


四.将文档写入XML文件.1.文档中全为英文,不设置编码,直接写入的形式.

XMLWriter writer  
 = 
   
 new 
  XMLWriter( 
 new 
  FileWriter( 
 " 
 output.xml 
 " 
 ));
writer.write(document);
writer.close();

2.文档中含有中文,设置编码格式写入的形式.

OutputFormat format  
 = 
  OutputFormat.createPrettyPrint();
            format.setEncoding( 
 " 
 GBK 
 " 
 );     
 // 
  指定XML编码         
 
 
             XMLWriter writer  
 = 
   
 new 
  XMLWriter( 
 new 
  FileWriter( 
 " 
 output.xml 
 " 
 ),format);
            
            writer.write(document);
            writer.close();

五.字符串与XML的转换
1.将字符串转化为XML


String text  
 = 
   
 " 
 <members> <member>sitinspring</member> </members> 
 " 
 ;
Document document  
 = 
  DocumentHelper.parseText(text);


2.将文档或节点的XML转化为字符串.

SAXReader reader  
 = 
   
 new 
  SAXReader();
            Document  document  
 = 
  reader.read( 
 new 
  File( 
 " 
 input.xml 
 " 
 ));            
            Element root 
 = 
 document.getRootElement();                
            String docXmlText 
 = 
 document.asXML();
            String rootXmlText 
 = 
 root.asXML();
            Element memberElm 
 = 
 root.element( 
 " 
 member 
 " 
 );
            String memberXmlText 
 = 
 memberElm.asXML();

六.使用XPath快速找到节点.
读取的XML文档示例


<? 
 xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" 
 ?> 
 
 
 < 
 projectDescription 
 > 
 
   
 < 
 name 
 > 
 MemberManagement 
 </ 
 name 
 > 
 
   
 < 
 comment 
 ></ 
 comment 
 > 
 
   
 < 
 projects 
 > 
 
     
 < 
 project 
 > 
 PRJ1 
 </ 
 project 
 > 
 
     
 < 
 project 
 > 
 PRJ2 
 </ 
 project 
 > 
 
     
 < 
 project 
 > 
 PRJ3 
 </ 
 project 
 > 
 
     
 < 
 project 
 > 
 PRJ4 
 </ 
 project 
 > 
 
   
 </ 
 projects 
 > 
 
   
 < 
 buildSpec 
 > 
 
     
 < 
 buildCommand 
 > 
 
       
 < 
 name 
 > 
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder 
 </ 
 name 
 > 
 
       
 < 
 arguments 
 > 
 
       
 </ 
 arguments 
 > 
 
     
 </ 
 buildCommand 
 > 
 
   
 </ 
 buildSpec 
 > 
 
   
 < 
 natures 
 > 
 
     
 < 
 nature 
 > 
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature 
 </ 
 nature 
 > 
 
   
 </ 
 natures 
 > 
 
 
 </ 
 projectDescription 
 >


使用XPath快速找到节点project.


public 
   
 static 
   
 void 
  main(String[] args) 
 {
    SAXReader reader = new SAXReader();
    
    try{
      Document  doc = reader.read(new File("sample.xml"));
      
      List projects=doc.selectNodes("/projectDescription/projects/project");
      
      Iterator it=projects.iterator();
      
      while(it.hasNext()){
        Element elm=(Element)it.next();       
        System.out.println(elm.getText());
      }
      
    }
    catch(Exception ex){
       ex.printStackTrace();
    }
  }