How to add child elements dynamically to SOAP request in SOAPUI using groovy script

Question

I have a request which accepts 1..n items to add to basket. default request has one "item" element with some child elements, i want to add N no of items with child element i'm able to add Item parent element using creaeElementNS now i want to add child elements to "item" like following, can someone shed some light on this

<basket:item>
<basket:itemId>222</basket:itemId>
<basket:itemCode>DEF</basket:itemCode>
<basket:item>

Groovy script

def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils( context )
def holder = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder( "createBasket#Request" )
def parentnode = holder.getDomNode( "//basket:createBasketRequest" )
def basketTotal=   holder.getDomNode( "//basket:itemsTotal" ) 
def itemsTag = requestDoc.createElementNS(parentnode.getNamespaceURI(), "item")
parentnode.insertBefore(itemsTag  , basketTotal)
holder.updateProperty()

Current Output

<basket:createBasketRequest>
<basket:item>
    <basket:itemId>111</basket:itemId>
    <basket:itemCode>ABC</basket:itemCode>
</basket:item>
<basket:item>
</basket:item>
    <basket:itemsTotal>500.00</basket:itemsTotal>
</basket:createBasketRequest>

Desired Output

<basket:createBasketRequest>
    <basket:item>
        <basket:itemId>111</basket:itemId>
        <basket:itemCode>ABC</basket:itemCode>
    </basket:item>
    <basket:item>
        <basket:itemId>222</basket:itemId>
        <basket:itemCode>DEF</basket:itemCode>
    <basket:item>
    <basket:itemsTotal>500.00</basket:itemsTotal>
</basket:createBasketRequest>

EDIT: I'm using soapUI and TestCase option, there is a GroovyScript step before add basket request step, groovy script prepares add basket request before actually sending request, for example if my testcase mentions 1 item it should request with default one item so i have no worries to add another Item elements but when my testcase says 2 items i have to create second Items elements(along with child elements) and prepare the add basket request using groovy script step before actually sending add basket request

Answer 1

Not sure if it will work (I don't use SoapUI), but does this help?

def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils( context )
def holder      = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder( "createBasket#Request" )
def parentnode  = holder.getDomNode( "//basket:createBasketRequest" )
def basketTotal = holder.getDomNode( "//basket:itemsTotal" ) 

def nodeText    = '''<basket:item>
                    |    <basket:itemId>222</basket:itemId>
                    |    <basket:itemCode>DEF</basket:itemCode>
                    |</basket:item>'''.stripMargin()

def nodeHolder  = new com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder( nodeText )
def nodeItem    = nodeHolder.getDomNode( "//basket:item" )
def importNode  = requestDoc.importNode( nodeItem, true )

parentnode.insertBefore( importNode, basketTotal )

holder.updateProperty()