Sax Parser - how to add new nested elements

Hello,

I am quite new to Java and Sax Parser. I have spent the last couple of days trying to figure this out.

I have an xml file - - part sample below. I am using Sax Parser to parse the file. I am now trying to add new elements to the xml file along with associated data. I am confused as to how to add the elements.

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<defaultChartMeasure refDataItem="Speed">
        <chartLabel>
                <chartContents>
                        <chartTextItem>
                                <dataSource>
                                        <staticValue>Speed</staticValue>
                                </dataSource>
                                        <conditionalDataSources refVariable="Report Language">
                                                <conditionalDataSource refVariableValue="en">
                                                        <staticValue>Speed</staticValue>
                                                </conditionalDataSource>
                                                        <conditionalDataSource refVariableValue="pt-br">
                                                                <staticValue>Velocidade</staticValue>
                                                        </conditionalDataSource>
                                        </conditionalDataSources>
                        </chartTextItem>
                </chartContents>
        </chartLabel>
</defaultChartMeasure>

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I want to add elements like the below but with different values

Code:

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<conditionalDataSource refVariableValue="pt-br">
                                                                <staticValue>Velocidade</staticValue>
                                                        </conditionalDataSource>

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Here is my main class file

Code:

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        //below is all the event handlers that should be in their own class files
                public void printData(){
                       
                        System.out.println("report size is " + reportl.size());
                        for (report tmpR : reportl){
                                System.out.println(tmpR.toString());
                        }
                }
       
       
//event handler
        @Override
        public void startElement(String s,String s1, String elementName, Attributes attributes)throws SAXException{
                int length = attributes.getLength();

               
                if(elementName.equalsIgnoreCase("conditionalDataSource")){
                        inConditionalDataSource=true;
                        //set the tempval to null so that their is no previous data in the variable
                        String tempValue ="";
//                        print out the attributes of the the element "conditionalDataSource"
                        for (int i=0; i<length; i++) {
                    // Get names and values for each attribute
                    String name = attributes.getQName(i);
                    String value = attributes.getValue(i);
          //        System.out.println("elementName= " +name);   
                    System.out.println("elementValue= " + value);
                        }
                        //create a new instance of conditionalDataSource
                        conditionalDataSource = new defaultChartMeasure();
                //        tempValue.setType(attributes.getValue("type"));
                }
               
                               
               
        }
        @Override
        public void endElement(String s, String s1,String elementName)throws SAXException{
       
                //end element always goes to the end of the document REGARDLESS
                if(elementName.equalsIgnoreCase("ConditionalDataSource")){
                        //adding it to the list
        //                myempls.add(tempemp);
                       
                       
                        inConditionalDataSource = false;
               
                }       
               
                //now we have to loop through the rest of the nodes in the element
                else if(elementName.equalsIgnoreCase("staticValue")){
        //                tmpValue.setStaticValue(tmpValue);
                }
       
        }
       
        @Override
        public void characters(char ch[],int start, int length) throws SAXException{
               
                tmpValue = new String(ch,start,length);
       
                }

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Here is the class file for adding the elements but it is not complete

Code:

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public class defaultChartMeasure {
        private String refDataItem;
        private String staticValue;
        private String refVariable;

        //creating the constructor
        public defaultChartMeasure(){
                setRefDataItem(null);
                setRefVariable(null);
                setStaticValue(null);
        }
       
//use void for set ONLY and string etc for get
       
        public void setRefDataItem(String refDataItem){

                this.refDataItem =refDataItem;
        }
       
        public void setRefVariable(String refVariable){
                this.refVariable = refVariable;
               
        }
       
        public void setStaticValue(String staticValue){
                this.staticValue = "<staticValue></staticValue>";
               
               
        }
}

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Can someone explain to me what I need to do ?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated !

I am no expert in this -- not by any means, but I always thought that a SAX parser was for, well, parsing, and that it is not a tool that is used for writing to an XML file.

Edit: Google showed me this: generating-xml-using-sax-and-java.

It states that a SAX parser is not used for generating XML, but a SAX "framework" can be used for this purpose. Though I must post the caveat that this is nothing I've ever worked with.

Thanks Fubarable