@Test
  public void testCreateXML() {
    // Creation of the root
    Element root = new Element("root");

    // Child of the root
    Element article = new Element("article");
    Element title = new Element("title").setText("Description");
    title.setAttribute("valoration", "5");
    Person person = new Person(23);

    article.addContent(title).addContent(person);

    // Modification of the element
    Person person2 = new Person(24);
    article.removeContent(person);
    article.addContent(person2);

    root.addContent(article);

    Document doc = new Document(root); // Creation of the xml document

    log.info("Storing and displaying the xml document...");

    try {
      XMLOutputter out = new XMLOutputter();
      FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream("ExampleDom.xml");
      out.output(doc, file);
      file.flush();
      file.close();
      out.output(doc, System.out);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
  /**
   * Update the map-elements in the datasource that are below <i>parent</i>.
   *
   * @param parent Parent element to add / update
   * @param configuration configuration that holds the properties
   * @param mapName the name of the map-property in the configuration that holds the elements
   * @param propertyElementName the name of the element to write below <i>parent</i>
   */
  private static void updateMap(
      Element parent, Configuration configuration, String mapName, String propertyElementName) {
    PropertyMap map = configuration.getMap(mapName);
    // Wrap in ArrayList to avoid ConcurrentModificationException when adding or removing children
    // while iterating.
    List<Element> mapElements = new ArrayList<Element>(parent.getChildren(propertyElementName));

    if ((map == null) || map.getMap().isEmpty()) {
      if (!mapElements.isEmpty()) {
        parent.removeChildren(propertyElementName);
      }

      return;
    }

    Map<String, Element> elements = new HashMap<String, Element>();
    for (Element el : mapElements) {
      elements.put(el.getAttributeValue("name"), el);
      if (map.get(el.getAttributeValue("name")) == null) {
        parent.removeContent(el);
      }
    }

    for (Property prop : map.getMap().values()) {
      Element element = elements.get(prop.getName());
      if (element == null) {
        element = new Element(propertyElementName);
        element.setAttribute("name", prop.getName());
        parent.addContent(element);
      }

      element.setText(((PropertySimple) prop).getStringValue());
    }
  }
 public static void removeDuplicatedOptions(final Element element) {
   List<Element> children = new ArrayList<Element>(element.getChildren(OPTION_ELEMENT));
   Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
   for (Element child : children) {
     if (!names.add(child.getAttributeValue(NAME_ATTRIBUTE))) {
       element.removeContent(child);
     }
   }
 }
 public static List<Element> removeChildren(
     final Element element, final Condition<Element> filter) {
   List<Element> toRemove = new ArrayList<Element>();
   final List<Element> list = element.getChildren();
   for (Element e : list) {
     if (filter.value(e)) {
       toRemove.add(e);
     }
   }
   for (Element e : toRemove) {
     element.removeContent(e);
   }
   return toRemove;
 }
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 public void assignTo(Element element, String metadataFormatName, String classNameList) {
   if (!element.getName().equals(metadataFormatName)) {
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("root not found: " + metadataFormatName);
   }
   final Element ifd1 = element.getChild(IIO_TIFF_IFD_ELEMENT_NAME);
   if (ifd1 == null) {
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("child not found: " + IIO_TIFF_IFD_ELEMENT_NAME);
   }
   final Element ifd2 = createIFD(classNameList);
   ifd1.setAttribute(IIO_TIFF_TAGSETS_ATT_NAME, ifd2.getAttributeValue(IIO_TIFF_TAGSETS_ATT_NAME));
   final Element[] childElems = (Element[]) ifd2.getChildren().toArray(new Element[0]);
   for (Element child : childElems) {
     ifd2.removeContent(child);
     ifd1.addContent(child);
   }
 }
  private static void updateElement(Element parent, Configuration config, String name) {
    String value = config.getSimpleValue(name, null);
    Element child = parent.getChild(name);

    if (value == null) {
      if (child != null) {
        parent.removeContent(child);
      }
    } else {
      if (child == null) {
        child = new Element(name);
        parent.addContent(child);
      }

      child.setText(value);
    }
  }
 /**
  * 替换宏
  *
  * @param element
  * @param macroId
  * @return 仅当成功的进行宏替换后返回真
  */
 private boolean doReplaceMacros(Element element, String macroId) {
   if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(macroId)) {
     if (!macros.containsKey(macroId)) {
       logger.error("消息配置错误,不存在这样的宏定义:" + macroId);
       return false;
     }
     // 防止子macro被重复替换
     if (element.getChildren().size() > 0) {
       return false;
     }
     Element macro = macros.get(macroId);
     Element macroClone = (Element) macro.clone();
     element.addContent(macroClone.removeContent());
     return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
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 public static void collapseChildren(Element e, boolean firstHeader) {
   if (e == null) return;
   List<String> labels = new ArrayList<String>();
   for (Object o : e.getChildren()) {
     String name = ((Element) o).getName();
     if (!labels.contains(name)) labels.add(name);
   }
   for (String label : labels) {
     if (e.getChildren(label).size() > 1) {
       Element temp = e.getChild(label);
       e.removeContent(temp);
       for (Element c : typeAsElement(e.getChildren(label))) {
         temp = fusionContent(temp, c, firstHeader);
       }
       e.removeChildren(label);
       e.addContent(temp);
     }
   }
 }
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 public static void suppressRedundantChildren(Element e, boolean keepLast) {
   if (e == null) return;
   List<String> labels = new ArrayList<String>();
   for (Object o : e.getChildren()) {
     String name = ((Element) o).getName();
     if (!labels.contains(name)) labels.add(name);
   }
   for (String label : labels) {
     if (e.getChildren(label).size() > 1) {
       Element temp = e.getChild(label);
       e.removeContent(temp); // to avoid exploring it again in loop
       if (keepLast)
         for (Element c : typeAsElement(e.getChildren(label))) {
           temp = c;
         }
       e.removeChildren(label);
       e.addContent(temp);
     }
   }
 }
  public static void addComponent(final Element root, final Element component) {
    String componentName = component.getAttributeValue(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
    final Element old = findComponent(root, componentName);
    if (old != null) {
      root.removeContent(old);
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < root.getContent().size(); i++) {
      Object o = root.getContent().get(i);
      if (o instanceof Element) {
        Element element = (Element) o;
        if (element.getName().equals(COMPONENT_ELEMENT)) {
          final String name = element.getAttributeValue(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
          if (componentName.compareTo(name) < 0) {
            root.addContent(i, component);
            return;
          }
        }
      }
    }
    root.addContent(component);
  }
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  /**
   * Resolve the content of a tag.
   *
   * @param tagName : Tag name of job XML i.e. <timeout> 10 </timeout>
   * @param elem : Element where the tag exists.
   * @param eval : EL evealuator
   * @return Resolved tag content.
   * @throws CoordinatorJobException thrown if failed to resolve tag content
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private String resolveTagContents(String tagName, Element elem, ELEvaluator eval)
      throws CoordinatorJobException {
    String ret = "";
    if (elem != null) {
      for (Element tagElem : (List<Element>) elem.getChildren(tagName, elem.getNamespace())) {
        if (tagElem != null) {
          String updated;
          try {
            updated = CoordELFunctions.evalAndWrap(eval, tagElem.getText().trim());

          } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new CoordinatorJobException(ErrorCode.E1004, e.getMessage(), e);
          }
          tagElem.removeContent();
          tagElem.addContent(updated);
          ret += updated;
        }
      }
    }
    return ret;
  }
  public static void deleteDataSource(File deploymentFile, String name) {
    Document doc;
    Element root;
    if (deploymentFile == null) {
      log.error("DeleteDatasource: passed file is null");
      return;
    }
    if (deploymentFile.exists()) {
      try {
        SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
        SelectiveSkippingEntityResolver entityResolver =
            SelectiveSkippingEntityResolver.getDtdAndXsdSkippingInstance();
        builder.setEntityResolver(entityResolver);

        doc = builder.build(deploymentFile);
        root = doc.getRootElement();

        if (root != null) {
          if (!root.getName().equals("datasources")) {
            throw new RuntimeException(
                "Datasource file format exception on ["
                    + deploymentFile
                    + "], expected [datasources] element but found ["
                    + root.getName()
                    + "]");
          }

          Element datasourceElement = findDatasourceElement(root, name);
          root.removeContent(datasourceElement);
        }

        updateFile(deploymentFile, doc);
      } catch (JDOMException e) {
        log.error("Parsing error occurred while deleting datasource at file: " + deploymentFile, e);
      } catch (IOException e) {
        log.error("IO error occurred while deleting datasource at file: " + deploymentFile, e);
      }
    }
  }
  /**
   * Apply a list of changes to the metadata record in current editing session.
   *
   * <p>The changes are a list of KVP. A key contains at least the element identifier from the
   * meta-document. A key starting with an "X" should contain an XML fragment for the value. The
   * following KVP combinations are allowed:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>ElementId=ElementValue
   *   <li>ElementId_AttributeName=AttributeValue
   *   <li>ElementId_AttributeNamespacePrefixCOLONAttributeName=AttributeValue
   *   <li>XElementId=ElementValue
   *   <li>XElementId_ElementName=ElementValue
   * </ul>
   *
   * ElementName MUST contain "{@value #COLON_SEPARATOR}" instead of ":" for prefixed elements.
   *
   * <p>When using X key, value could contains many XML fragments (eg. &lt;gmd:keywords
   * .../&gt;{@value #XML_FRAGMENT_SEPARATOR}&lt;gmd:keywords .../&gt;) separated by {@link
   * #XML_FRAGMENT_SEPARATOR}. All those fragments are inserted to the last element of this type in
   * its parent if ElementName is set. If not, the element with ElementId is replaced.
   *
   * <p>
   *
   * @param dbms
   * @param id Metadata internal identifier.
   * @param changes List of changes to apply.
   * @return The update metadata record
   * @throws Exception
   */
  protected Element applyChangesEmbedded(Dbms dbms, String id, Hashtable changes) throws Exception {
    String schema = dataManager.getMetadataSchema(dbms, id);
    EditLib editLib = dataManager.getEditLib();

    // --- get metadata from session
    Element md = getMetadataFromSession(session, id);

    // Store XML fragments to be handled after other elements update
    Map<String, String> xmlInputs = new HashMap<String, String>();

    // --- update elements
    for (Enumeration e = changes.keys(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
      String ref = ((String) e.nextElement()).trim();
      String value = ((String) changes.get(ref)).trim();
      String attribute = null;

      // Avoid empty key
      if (ref.equals("")) {
        continue;
      }

      // Catch element starting with a X to replace XML fragments
      if (ref.startsWith("X")) {
        ref = ref.substring(1);
        xmlInputs.put(ref, value);
        continue;
      }

      if (updatedLocalizedTextElement(md, ref, value, editLib)) {
        continue;
      }

      int at = ref.indexOf('_');
      if (at != -1) {
        attribute = ref.substring(at + 1);
        ref = ref.substring(0, at);
      }

      Element el = editLib.findElement(md, ref);
      if (el == null) {
        Log.error(Geonet.EDITOR, MSG_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND_AT_REF + ref);
        continue;
      }

      // Process attribute
      if (attribute != null) {
        Pair<Namespace, String> attInfo =
            parseAttributeName(attribute, COLON_SEPARATOR, id, md, dbms, editLib);
        String localname = attInfo.two();
        Namespace attrNS = attInfo.one();
        if (el.getAttribute(localname, attrNS) != null) {
          el.setAttribute(new Attribute(localname, value, attrNS));
        }
      } else {
        // Process element value
        List content = el.getContent();

        for (int i = 0; i < content.size(); i++) {
          if (content.get(i) instanceof Text) {
            el.removeContent((Text) content.get(i));
            i--;
          }
        }
        el.addContent(value);
      }
    }

    // Deals with XML fragments to insert or update
    if (!xmlInputs.isEmpty()) {

      // Loop over each XML fragments to insert or replace
      for (String ref : xmlInputs.keySet()) {
        String value = xmlInputs.get(ref);
        String name = null;
        int addIndex = ref.indexOf('_');
        if (addIndex != -1) {
          name = ref.substring(addIndex + 1);
          ref = ref.substring(0, addIndex);
        }

        // Get element to fill
        Element el = editLib.findElement(md, ref);
        if (el == null) {
          Log.error(Geonet.EDITOR, MSG_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND_AT_REF + ref);
          continue;
        }

        if (value != null && !value.equals("")) {
          String[] fragments = value.split(XML_FRAGMENT_SEPARATOR);
          for (String fragment : fragments) {
            if (name != null) {
              if (Log.isDebugEnabled(Geonet.EDITOR))
                Log.debug(
                    Geonet.EDITOR,
                    "Add XML fragment; " + fragment + " to element with ref: " + ref);
              name = name.replace(COLON_SEPARATOR, ":");
              editLib.addFragment(schema, el, name, fragment);
            } else {
              if (Log.isDebugEnabled(Geonet.EDITOR))
                Log.debug(
                    Geonet.EDITOR,
                    "Add XML fragment; "
                        + fragment
                        + " to element with ref: "
                        + ref
                        + " replacing content.");

              // clean before update
              el.removeContent();
              fragment = addNamespaceToFragment(fragment);

              // Add content
              el.addContent(Xml.loadString(fragment, false));
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

    // --- remove editing info
    editLib.removeEditingInfo(md);
    editLib.contractElements(md);

    return (Element) md.detach();
  }
  /**
   * For Ajax Editing : removes an element from a metadata ([del] link).
   *
   * @param dbms
   * @param session
   * @param id
   * @param ref
   * @param parentRef
   * @return
   * @throws Exception
   */
  public synchronized Element deleteElementEmbedded(
      Dbms dbms, UserSession session, String id, String ref, String parentRef) throws Exception {

    String schema = dataManager.getMetadataSchema(dbms, id);

    // --- get metadata from session
    Element md = getMetadataFromSession(session, id);

    // --- locate the geonet:info element and clone for later re-use
    Element info = (Element) (md.getChild(Edit.RootChild.INFO, Edit.NAMESPACE)).clone();
    md.removeChild(Edit.RootChild.INFO, Edit.NAMESPACE);

    // --- get element to remove
    EditLib editLib = dataManager.getEditLib();
    Element el = editLib.findElement(md, ref);

    if (el == null) throw new IllegalStateException(MSG_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND_AT_REF + ref);

    String uName = el.getName();
    Namespace ns = el.getNamespace();
    Element parent = el.getParentElement();
    Element result = null;
    if (parent != null) {
      int me = parent.indexOf(el);

      // --- check and see whether the element to be deleted is the last one of its kind
      Filter elFilter = new ElementFilter(uName, ns);
      if (parent.getContent(elFilter).size() == 1) {

        // --- get geonet child element with attribute name = unqualified name
        Filter chFilter = new ElementFilter(Edit.RootChild.CHILD, Edit.NAMESPACE);
        List children = parent.getContent(chFilter);

        for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
          Element ch = (Element) children.get(i);
          String name = ch.getAttributeValue("name");
          if (name != null && name.equals(uName)) {
            result = (Element) ch.clone();
            break;
          }
        }

        // -- now delete the element as requested
        parent.removeContent(me);

        // --- existing geonet child element not present so create it and insert it
        // --- where the last element was deleted
        if (result == null) {
          result = editLib.createElement(schema, el, parent);
          parent.addContent(me, result);
        }

        result.setAttribute(Edit.ChildElem.Attr.PARENT, parentRef);
        result.addContent(info);
      }
      // --- if not the last one then just delete it
      else {
        parent.removeContent(me);
      }
    } else {
      throw new IllegalStateException("Element at ref = " + ref + " doesn't have a parent");
    }

    // if we don't need a child then create a geonet:null element
    if (result == null) {
      result = new Element(Edit.RootChild.NULL, Edit.NAMESPACE);
      result.addContent(info);
    }

    // --- reattach the info element to the metadata
    md.addContent((Element) info.clone());

    // --- store the metadata in the session again
    setMetadataIntoSession(session, (Element) md.clone(), id);

    return result;
  }
  private void handleTmxProp(TmxProp tmxProp, LinguisticProperty ling, Element tuv, Object data) {
    if (tmxProp != null) {
      if (ling.getPropStatus().equals(LinguisticProperty.PropStatus.DELETED)) {
        // now handle associations with Elements and Attributes
        if (data != null) {
          if (data.getClass().getCanonicalName().equals("org.jdom.Element")) {
            Element element = (Element) data;
            if (element != null) {
              Element parent = element.getParentElement();
              if (parent != null) parent.removeContent(element);
            }
          } else if (data.getClass().getCanonicalName().equals("org.jdom.Attribute")) {
            Attribute attribute = (Attribute) data;
            if (attribute != null) {
              Element parent = attribute.getParent();
              if (parent != null) parent.removeAttribute(attribute);
            }
          }
        }
        return;
      }
      @SuppressWarnings("unused")
      String id = tmxProp.getId() + "";
      String content = tmxProp.getContent();
      String language = tmxProp.getLang();
      String o_encoding = tmxProp.getO_encoding();
      PropType propType = tmxProp.getPropType();
      String type = tmxProp.getType(); // this is actually the property name, e.g. creation-id
      // now we must check if contained in the tuv
      // we must check if CORE or PROP OR NOTE attribute
      if (propType.equals(PropType.CORE)) {
        Attribute attr = tuv.getAttribute(type);
        if (!attr.getValue().equals(content)) attr.setValue(content);
      } else if (propType.equals(PropType.PROP)) {
        Element prop = tuv.getChild(type); // we identify based on the child
        if (prop == null) // a new one
        {
          prop = new Element("prop");
          prop.setText(content);
          if (type != null) prop.setAttribute("type", type);
          if (language != null) {
            prop.setAttribute("lang", language, Namespace.XML_NAMESPACE);
          }
          if (o_encoding != null) prop.setAttribute("o-encoding", o_encoding);
          tuv.addContent(prop);
        } else {
          // we only allow the content to change!
          if (!prop.getText().equals(content)) prop.setText(content);
        }

      } else if (propType.equals(PropType.NOTE)) {
        Element prop = tuv.getChild(type); // we identify based on the child
        if (prop == null) // a new one
        {
          prop = new Element("note");
          prop.setText(content);
          if (type != null) prop.setAttribute("type", type);
          if (language != null) {
            prop.setAttribute("lang", language, Namespace.XML_NAMESPACE);
          }
          if (o_encoding != null) prop.setAttribute("o-encoding", o_encoding);
          tuv.addContent(prop);
        } else {
          // we only allow the content to change!
          if (!prop.getText().equals(content)) prop.setText(content);
        }
      }
      ling.setPropStatus(LinguisticProperty.PropStatus.OLD);
    }
  }
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  public void sync() throws SynchronizationException {

    Properties serviceProps = new Properties();
    // load up the service properties
    if (getServiceInformation().getServiceProperties() != null
        && getServiceInformation().getServiceProperties().getProperty() != null) {
      for (int i = 0;
          i < getServiceInformation().getServiceProperties().getProperty().length;
          i++) {
        ServicePropertiesProperty prop =
            getServiceInformation().getServiceProperties().getProperty(i);
        if (prop.getValue() == null) {
          serviceProps.put(prop.getKey(), "");
        } else {
          serviceProps.put(prop.getKey(), prop.getValue());
        }
      }
    }

    // write the service propertis out
    try {
      serviceProps.store(
          new FileOutputStream(
              new File(
                  getBaseDirectory().getAbsolutePath()
                      + File.separator
                      + IntroduceConstants.INTRODUCE_SERVICE_PROPERTIES)),
          "service deployment properties");
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      throw new SynchronizationException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
    }

    // update the JNDI file to have all the right properties and thier
    // values....
    File jndiConfigF =
        new File(getBaseDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "jndi-config.xml");
    try {
      Document doc = XMLUtilities.fileNameToDocument(jndiConfigF.getAbsolutePath());
      List serviceEls =
          doc.getRootElement().getChildren("service", doc.getRootElement().getNamespace());
      for (int serviceI = 0; serviceI < serviceEls.size(); serviceI++) {
        Element serviceEl = (Element) serviceEls.get(serviceI);

        String serviceName = serviceEl.getAttributeValue("name");
        int startOfServiceName = serviceName.lastIndexOf("/");
        serviceName = serviceName.substring(startOfServiceName + 1);

        ServiceType service =
            CommonTools.getService(getServiceInformation().getServices(), serviceName);

        if (service == null) {
          service =
              CommonTools.getService(
                  getServiceInformation().getServices(), serviceName + "Service");
          if (service == null) {
            throw new SynchronizationException(
                "Could not find service in the service information in SyncProperties: "
                    + serviceName);
          }
        }

        List resourceEls = serviceEl.getChildren("resource", serviceEl.getNamespace());
        for (int resourceI = 0; resourceI < resourceEls.size(); resourceI++) {
          Element resourceEl = (Element) resourceEls.get(resourceI);
          if (serviceI == serviceEls.size() - 1
              && resourceEl.getAttributeValue("name").equals("serviceconfiguration")) {
            // located a serviceconfiguration element, need to
            // populate it's attributes now...

            JNDIConfigServicePropertiesTemplate serviceConfTemp =
                new JNDIConfigServicePropertiesTemplate();
            String confXMLString =
                serviceConfTemp.generate(
                    new SpecificServiceInformation(getServiceInformation(), service));
            Element newResourceEl = XMLUtilities.stringToDocument(confXMLString).getRootElement();
            serviceEl.removeContent(resourceEl);
            serviceEl.addContent(resourceI, newResourceEl.detach());
          } else if (resourceEl.getAttributeValue("name").equals("configuration")) {
            // located a configuration element, need to
            // populate it's attributes now...

            JNDIConfigServiceResourcePropertiesTemplate serviceResourceConfTemp =
                new JNDIConfigServiceResourcePropertiesTemplate();
            String confXMLString =
                serviceResourceConfTemp.generate(
                    new SpecificServiceInformation(getServiceInformation(), service));
            Element newResourceEl = XMLUtilities.stringToDocument(confXMLString).getRootElement();
            serviceEl.removeContent(resourceEl);
            serviceEl.addContent(resourceI, newResourceEl.detach());
          }
        }
      }

      try {
        FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(jndiConfigF);
        fw.write(XMLUtilities.formatXML(XMLUtilities.documentToString(doc)));
        fw.close();
      } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new SynchronizationException(e.getMessage(), e);
      }

    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new SynchronizationException(e.getMessage(), e);
    }
  }
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  /**
   * TODO javadoc.
   *
   * @param dbms
   * @param id
   * @param changes
   * @param currVersion
   * @return
   * @throws Exception
   */
  private Element applyChanges(Dbms dbms, String id, Hashtable changes, String currVersion)
      throws Exception {
    Lib.resource.checkEditPrivilege(context, id);
    Element md = xmlSerializer.select(dbms, "Metadata", id, context);

    // --- check if the metadata has been deleted
    if (md == null) {
      return null;
    }

    EditLib editLib = dataManager.getEditLib();

    String schema = dataManager.getMetadataSchema(dbms, id);
    editLib.expandElements(schema, md);
    editLib.enumerateTree(md);

    // --- check if the metadata has been modified from last time
    if (currVersion != null && !editLib.getVersion(id).equals(currVersion)) {
      return null;
    }

    // --- update elements
    for (Enumeration e = changes.keys(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
      String ref = ((String) e.nextElement()).trim();
      String val = ((String) changes.get(ref)).trim();
      String attr = null;

      if (updatedLocalizedTextElement(md, ref, val, editLib)) {
        continue;
      }

      int at = ref.indexOf('_');
      if (at != -1) {
        attr = ref.substring(at + 1);
        ref = ref.substring(0, at);
      }
      boolean xmlContent = false;
      if (ref.startsWith("X")) {
        ref = ref.substring(1);
        xmlContent = true;
      }
      Element el = editLib.findElement(md, ref);
      if (el == null) throw new IllegalStateException("Element not found at ref = " + ref);

      if (attr != null) {
        // The following work-around decodes any attribute name that has a COLON in it
        // The : is replaced by the word COLON in the xslt so that it can be processed
        // by the XML Serializer when an update is submitted - a better solution is
        // to modify the argument handler in Jeeves to store arguments with their name
        // as a value rather than as the element itself
        Integer indexColon = attr.indexOf("COLON");
        if (indexColon != -1) {
          String prefix = attr.substring(0, indexColon);
          String localname = attr.substring(indexColon + 5);
          String namespace =
              editLib.getNamespace(prefix + ":" + localname, md, dataManager.getSchema(schema));
          Namespace attrNS = Namespace.getNamespace(prefix, namespace);
          if (el.getAttribute(localname, attrNS) != null) {
            el.setAttribute(new Attribute(localname, val, attrNS));
          }
          // End of work-around
        } else {
          if (el.getAttribute(attr) != null) el.setAttribute(new Attribute(attr, val));
        }
      } else if (xmlContent) {
        if (Log.isDebugEnabled(Geonet.EDITOR)) Log.debug(Geonet.EDITOR, "replacing XML content");
        el.removeContent();
        val = addNamespaceToFragment(val);
        el.addContent(Xml.loadString(val, false));
      } else {
        List content = el.getContent();
        for (int i = 0; i < content.size(); i++) {
          if (content.get(i) instanceof Text) {
            el.removeContent((Text) content.get(i));
            i--;
          }
        }
        el.addContent(val);
      }
    }
    // --- remove editing info added by previous call
    editLib.removeEditingInfo(md);

    editLib.contractElements(md);
    return md;
  }