Hi Friends,

My requirement is to create xml initially and append (update) the xml over a period of time.

When customer signed a contract, the contract details are appended to text area field in the form of below xml.

i.e 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Contracts>

     <Contract ContractID="Original Contract" StartDate="2011-03-07" EndDate="2012-12-31">

          <ContractRecord TYPE="Silver" AccessoriesIncluded="true" AccessoriesNotes="test notes..."></ContractRecord>

     </Contract>

</Contracts>

Once the contract gets expired (End Date reaches), customer will renew the contract then the xml format would be the original contract plus renew contract.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

     <Contracts>

              <Contract ContractID="Original Contract" StartDate="2011-03-07" EndDate="2012-12-31">

                    <ContractRecord TYPE="Silver" AccessoriesIncluded="true" AccessoriesNotes="test notes...">

                    </ContractRecord>

               </Contract>

              <Contract ContractID="Renew Contract" StartDate="2013-01-01" EndDate="2014-12-31">

                       <ContractRecord TYPE="Silver" AccessoriesIncluded="true" AccessoriesNotes="test notes...">

                       </ContractRecord>

               </Contract>

       </Contracts>

I can achieve the 'Original Contract' xml creation using xmlStreamWriter class. The concern is how to append

  the 'Renew Contract' to the original contract.

The two options I am aware of:

1.    Read each xml element of original contract and write to a new xml stream writer and append the                                                        

       current renew tag elements and close the parent element. (i.e. </Contracts>)

2.  Read each xml element of original contract and populate the data to a wrapper class, then create a new  xml stream  

     writer  and append the original contract elements from wrapper class and current contract renewal elements and

     close the parent element(</Contracts>).

As I am processing large data volume, I need a better (Optimize) way to append the renew contract details to original contract.

Your immediate response is highly appreciated.

Note:  Is there a way to read the end element (</Contracts>) and append the new contract details and close the end element.

Thanks,

Indy