Inserting Return line into bulleted list

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Hi, i have a problem with inserting a return line into a bulleted list.

I have attached a zip file that contains:

ReturnTest.java My JUnit class to test the behavior
ReplaceEvaluator.java The class that replace the text in a return line char
result.docx The result i get with the code
template.docx My Word template
excepted.docx The excepted result

What i am trying to do is to replace a special word in the first list item, in this case: “{enter}” with a return line char (ControlChar.PARAGRAPH_BREAK). (I have tried with the other ControlChar breaks too)

So a return line does replace the {enter}, but a new bullet is not created, it just add a new line into the first list item paragraph.

I have tested is a Word document to be sure that it was not his default behavior, if you press ENTER inside a bulleted list item, it will create a new item with a bullet.

Can you tell me the way to achieve this, or is it a bug?
Thank you for your help!

2

Hi Gilles,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please use the following code snippet to achieve your requirement and read following documentation link for your kind reference.
https://docs.aspose.com/words/java/find-and-replace/

Document myDocument = new Document(MyDir + "template.docx");
myDocument.getRange().replace(Pattern.compile("\\{enter}"), new ReplaceEvaluator(), true);
myDocument.save(MyDir + "result.docx");
public class ReplaceEvaluator implements IReplacingCallback
{
    public int replacing(ReplacingArgs e) throws Exception
    {
        // This is a Run node that contains either the beginning or the complete match.
        Node currentNode = e.getMatchNode();
        // The first (and may be the only) run can contain text before the match,
        // in this case it is necessary to split the run.
        if (e.getMatchOffset()> 0)
            currentNode = splitRun((Run) currentNode, e.getMatchOffset());
        // This array is used to store all nodes of the match for further highlighting.
        ArrayList runs = new ArrayList();
        // Find all runs that contain parts of the match string.
        int remainingLength = e.getMatch().group().length();
        while ((remainingLength> 0) &&
            (currentNode != null) &&
            (currentNode.getText().length() <= remainingLength))
        {
            runs.add(currentNode);
            remainingLength = remainingLength - currentNode.getText().length();
            // Select the next Run node.
            // Have to loop because there could be other nodes such as BookmarkStart etc.
            do {
                currentNode = currentNode.getNextSibling();
            }
            while ((currentNode != null) && (currentNode.getNodeType() != NodeType.RUN));
        }
        // Split the last run that contains the match if there is any text left.
        if ((currentNode != null) && (remainingLength> 0))
        {
            splitRun((Run) currentNode, remainingLength);
            runs.add(currentNode);
        }
        DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder((Document) currentNode.getDocument());
        builder.moveTo(currentNode);
        builder.insertBreak(BreakType.PARAGRAPH_BREAK);
        for (Run run: (Iterable) runs)
        {
            run.remove();
        }
        // Signal to the replace engine to do nothing because we have already done all what we wanted.
        return ReplaceAction.SKIP;
    }
    private Run splitRun(Run run, int position) throws Exception
    {
        Run afterRun = (Run) run.deepClone(true);
        afterRun.setText(run.getText().substring(position));
        run.setText(run.getText().substring((0), (0) + (position)));
        run.getParentNode().insertAfter(afterRun, run);
        return afterRun;
    }
}