import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import org.jdom2.Document;
import org.jdom2.Element;
import org.jdom2.JDOMException;
import org.jdom2.input.SAXBuilder;
import org.jdom2.output.Format;
import org.jdom2.output.XMLOutputter;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File xml = new File("yourFile.xml");
Document doc = (Document) new SAXBuilder().build(xml);
Element rootNode = doc.getRootElement();
List list = rootNode.getChildren("staff");
XMLOutputter xmlOut = new XMLOutputter();
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
Element node = (Element) list.get(i);
if (node.getChildText("firstname").equals("sanjay"))
node.getChild("salary").getChild("basic").setText("250000");
xmlOut.setFormat(Format.getPrettyFormat());
xmlOut.output(doc, new FileWriter("yourFile.xml"));
}
}
}