import java.io.*; import org.jdom.*; import org.jdom.input.*; import org.jdom.output.*; public class ChangeDescription { public static void main(String[] args) { try { SAXBuilder b = new SAXBuilder(); Document d = b.build(new File("recipes.xml")); Namespace rcp = Namespace.getNamespace("http://www.brics.dk/ixwt/recipes"); d.getRootElement() .getChild("description", rcp) .setText("Cool recipes!"); XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter(); outputter.output(d, System.out); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); } } }