modifying the value of the node

[pvsr rao]

how can we modify the value of the node using jaxp api
suppose i have a tag
<read>Reading xml files</read>
i have to updathe value to writing xml files
i have used setNodeValue("new string")
but no use.please tell me how to resolve this
my code for writing this is document.createElement("read");
Text val= document.createTextNode("Reading xml files")
and add both of the elements to the root element

[William Brogden]

When you have this structure:
<read>Reading xml files</read>

What you have is an org.w3c.dom.Element which has a single Child Node that is of type TEXT_NODE.
SO - in order to change the value, starting with the Element, you have to get the Node with getFirstChild() then setNodeValue("the new text")

Note that if you do a getNodeValue() on the Element, you get null.

I always find the table in the Javadocs for org.w3c.dom.Node to be extremely valuable.
Bill