Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: LGPL import java.io.StringWriter; import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError; import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static String toString(Element element) { try { Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(); transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes"); StringWriter buffer = new StringWriter(); transformer.transform(new DOMSource(element), new StreamResult(buffer)); return buffer.toString(); } catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (TransformerFactoryConfigurationError e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (TransformerException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }