[jdom-interest] Feature request

[Bradley S. Huffman]

You mean like

    child3 = new Element(("child_level_3");
    child2.addContent(child3 );

Brad

Eric VERGNAUD writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> Since we're talking about simplicity, I sometimes find that it requires some
> heavy writing when you're doing very light things.
> 
> In the documents I create, there is very often only one single child.
> Typically, the output looks like that:
> 
> <root>
>     <child_level_1>
>         <child_level_2>
>             <child_level_3>
>                 <child_level_4>
>                 Data
>                 </child_level_4>
>             </child_level_3>
>         </child_level_2>
>     </child_level_1>
>     <child_level_1>
>         <child_level_2>
>             <child_level_3>
>                 <child_level_4>
>                 Data
>                 </child_level_4>
>             </child_level_3>
>         </child_level_2>
>     </child_level_1>
> </root>
> 
> I haven't found a way to simply add one single child to an element, so my
> code looks like the following:
> 
> list1 = new ArrayList();
> 
> // create first child
> child1 = new Element("child_level_1");
> list1.add(child1);
> 
> list2 = new ArrayList();
> child2 = new Element(("child_level_2");
> list2.add(child2);
> child1.setChildren(list2);
> 
> list3 = new ArrayList();
> child3 = new Element(("child_level_3");
> list3.add(child3);
> child2.setChildren(list3);
> 
> list4 = new ArrayList();
> child4 = new Element(("child_level_4");
> list4.add(child4);
> child3.setChildren(list4);
> 
> // create second child
> child1 = new Element("child_level_1");
> list1.add(child1);
> 
> list2 = new ArrayList();
> child2 = new Element(("child_level_2");
> list2.add(child2);
> child1.setChildren(list2);
> 
> list3 = new ArrayList();
> child3 = new Element(("child_level_3");
> list3.add(child3);
> child2.setChildren(list3);
> 
> list4 = new ArrayList();
> child4 = new Element(("child_level_4");
> list4.add(child4);
> child3.setChildren(list4);
> 
> root.setChildren(list1);
> 
> A bit heavy, don't you think ? I would very much appreciate to be able to
> write simply:
> 
> list1 = new ArrayList();
> 
> // create first child
> child1 = new Element("child_level_1");
> list1.add(child1);
> 
> child2 = new Element(("child_level_2");
> child1.setChild(child2 );
> 
> child3 = new Element(("child_level_3");
> child2. setChild(child3 );
> 
> child4 = new Element(("child_level_4");
> child3. setChild(child4 );
> 
> // create second child
> child1 = new Element("child_level_1");
> list1.add(child1);
> 
> child2 = new Element(("child_level_2");
> child1. setChild(child2 );
> 
> child3 = new Element(("child_level_3");
> child2. setChild(child3 );
> 
> child4 = new Element(("child_level_4");
> child3. setChild(child4 );
> 
> root.setChildren(list1);
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
> 
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