Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.*; import javax.xml.transform.*; import javax.xml.transform.stream.*; public class Main { public static String getXmlFileToString(String filePath) throws TransformerException { File xmlFile = new File(filePath); StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); TransformerFactory fac = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer x = fac.newTransformer(); x.transform(new StreamSource(xmlFile), new StreamResult(writer)); return writer.toString(); } }