Using Java, how do I add a new node before/after an existing node?

[jayv25585659]

I have this content hierarchy (see below). If I were to manually drag/drop components before and after the RTE component, the new components also show as before/after the RTE.

I want to programmatically add a new node (as an example, a reference component) and I already know how to create new node that as I got existing code I can use as a base. But what I do not know is how make sure it's added before/after the RTE as the order matters.

Thanks!

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[Vijayalakshmi_S · Accepted solution]

Hi @jayv25585659,

If the parent node has an orderable child node -> true, 

• parentNode.addNode(..) will add the node to end of the child node list
  • https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/spec/jsr170/javadocs/jcr-2.0/javax/jcr/Node.html#addNode(java.lang.St...
• parentNode.orderBefore(src, dest) will help add src node(reference in this case) before the dest node(rte in this case)
  • https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/spec/jsr170/javadocs/jcr-2.0/javax/jcr/Node.html#orderBefore(java.lan...

Per the snapshot shared, assuming "section" node to be of type "nt:unstructured", above is possible.

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