Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.StringReader; import java.io.StringWriter; import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys; import javax.xml.transform.Source; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource; public class Main { /** * * @param xml * @param indent * @return pretty formatted xml */ public static String prettyFormat(String xml, int indent) { try { Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(xml)); StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter(); StreamResult xmlOutput = new StreamResult(stringWriter); TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); transformerFactory.setAttribute("indent-number", indent); Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer(); transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes"); transformer.transform(xmlInput, xmlOutput); return xmlOutput.getWriter().toString(); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); // simple exception handling, please review it } } }