On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 20:40 +0100, Michael Kay wrote:
> > I start working with XML, I have to modify a document
> > by adding new elements. I know that I must use XUpdate
> > syntax but in java what class, method do I call to
> > send the XUpdate query and execute it?
>
> XUpdate is designed essentially for updating documents within XML databases.
No it's not. It's designed for updating XML documents. Full stop.
> For updating standalone documents, the usual approach is to use XSLT to
> transform the old document to a new document, which you can then use to
> overwrite the old document if you wish.
I prefer XUpdate myself, and our XUpdate tools work on the command line,
or from simple Python API. I'd be surprised if there weren't such tools
for Java as well.
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