public CmsContainerPageElementPanel replaceContainerElement(
        CmsContainerPageElementPanel containerElement,
        CmsContainerElementData elementData)
    throws Exception {

        I_CmsDropContainer parentContainer = containerElement.getParentTarget();
        String containerId = parentContainer.getContainerId();
        CmsContainerPageElementPanel replacer = null;
        String elementContent = elementData.getContents().get(containerId);
        if ((elementContent != null) && (elementContent.trim().length() > 0)) {
            replacer = getContainerpageUtil().createElement(elementData, parentContainer, false);

            if (containerElement.isNew()) {
                // if replacing element data has the same structure id, keep the 'new' state by setting the new type property
                // this should only be the case when editing settings of a new element that has not been created in the VFS yet
                String id = getServerId(containerElement.getId());
                if (elementData.getClientId().startsWith(id)) {
                    replacer.setNewType(containerElement.getNewType());
                }
            }
            replacer.setCreateNew(containerElement.isCreateNew());
            // replacer.setModelGroup(containerElement.isModelGroup());
            if (isGroupcontainerEditing() && (containerElement.getInheritanceInfo() != null)) {
                // in case of inheritance container editing, keep the inheritance info
                replacer.setInheritanceInfo(containerElement.getInheritanceInfo());
                // set the proper element options
                CmsInheritanceContainerEditor.getInstance().setOptionBar(replacer);
            }
            parentContainer.insert(replacer, parentContainer.getWidgetIndex(containerElement));
            containerElement.removeFromParent();
            initializeSubContainers(replacer);
        }
        cleanUpContainers();
        return replacer;
    }
public CmsContainerPageElementPanel replaceContainerElement ( CmsContainerPageElementPanel containerElement , CmsContainerElementData elementData ) throws Exception { I_CmsDropContainer parentContainer = containerElement . getParentTarget ( ) ; String containerId = parentContainer . getContainerId ( ) ; CmsContainerPageElementPanel replacer = null ; String elementContent = elementData . getContents ( ) . get ( containerId ) ; if ( ( elementContent != null ) && ( elementContent . trim ( ) . length ( ) > 0 ) ) { replacer = getContainerpageUtil ( ) . createElement ( elementData , parentContainer , false ) ; if ( containerElement . isNew ( ) ) { String id = getServerId ( containerElement . getId ( ) ) ; if ( elementData . getClientId ( ) . startsWith ( id ) ) { replacer . setNewType ( containerElement . getNewType ( ) ) ; } } replacer . setCreateNew ( containerElement . isCreateNew ( ) ) ; if ( isGroupcontainerEditing ( ) && ( containerElement . getInheritanceInfo ( ) != null ) ) { replacer . setInheritanceInfo ( containerElement . getInheritanceInfo ( ) ) ; CmsInheritanceContainerEditor . getInstance ( ) . setOptionBar ( replacer ) ; } parentContainer . insert ( replacer , parentContainer . getWidgetIndex ( containerElement ) ) ; containerElement . removeFromParent ( ) ; initializeSubContainers ( replacer ) ; } cleanUpContainers ( ) ; return replacer ; }
Replaces the given drag-element with the given container element.<p>

@param containerElement the container element to replace
@param elementData the new element data

@return the container element which replaced the old one

@throws Exception if something goes wrong