public void append(MaryData md) { if (md == null) throw new NullPointerException("Received null marydata"); if (!md.getType().equals(this.getType())) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Cannot append mary data of type `" + md.getType().name() + "' to mary data of type `" + this.getType().name() + "'"); if (getType().isXMLType()) { NodeList kids = md.getDocument().getDocumentElement().getChildNodes(); logger.debug("Appending " + kids.getLength() + " nodes to MaryXML structure"); Element docEl = this.getDocument().getDocumentElement(); for (int i = 0; i < kids.getLength(); i++) { docEl.appendChild(this.getDocument().importNode(kids.item(i), true)); } } else if (getType().isTextType()) { // Attention: XML type is a text type! if (this.plainText == null) { this.plainText = md.getPlainText(); } else { this.plainText = this.plainText + "\n\n" + md.getPlainText(); } } else if (getType().equals(MaryDataType.get("AUDIO"))) { appendAudio(md.getAudio()); } else { throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "Cannot append two mary data items of type `" + getType() + "'"); } }