XML generation with java, trying to copy the whole node
- by Pawel Mysior
I've got an xml document that filled with people (parent node is "students", and there are 25+ "student" nodes).
Each student looks like this:
<student>
<name></name>
<surname></surname>
<grades>
<subject name="">
<small_grades></small_grades>
<final_grade></final_grade>
</subject>
<subject name="">
<small_grades></small_grades>
<final_grade></final_grade>
</subject>
</grades>
<average></average>
</student>
Basically, what I want to do ('ve been asked to do) is to make a program that would get 3 students with the best average. While parsing the document and getting three best students isn't too difficult, the XML generation is a pain in the ass.
Right now, what I'm doing is getting every single node from student and recreating it to a new file. Is there a way to copy the whole student node with everything that's in it?
Regards, Paul
