[Jaxen] creating new nodes

[Ron Pragides]

Is there a way via Jaxen to create a new node?  I am using Jaxen in
conjunction with JDOM and I would like to create a new node based on an
XPath.  Here is a snippet of code that I tried, which doesn't work:

        try {
            Element elem = getElement(xpathString);
            
            // create the Element if it doesn't already exist
            if (elem == null)
            {
                System.out.println("creating new XPath Element: " +
xpathString);
                
                int index = xpathString.lastIndexOf("/");
                String varName = xpathString.substring(++index);
                
                SimpleVariableContext context = new SimpleVariableContext();
                context.setVariableValue( null, varName, value );
                XPath path = new XPath( xpathString );
                path.setVariableContext( context );
                
                // now try getting the element again
                elem = getElement(xpathString);
            }
            
            elem.setText(value);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }     

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