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import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.bootstrap.DOMImplementationRegistry;
import org.w3c.dom.ls.DOMImplementationLS;
import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSOutput;
import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSSerializer;

/**
 * Simple Sample that: - Generates a DOM from scratch. - Writes the DOM to a
 * String using an LSSerializer
 * 
 * @author Jeffrey Rodriguez
 * @version $Id: DOMGenerate.java 546623 2007-06-12 20:25:08Z mrglavas $
 */
public class DOMGenerate {

    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        try {
            DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
            dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
            DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = db.newDocument();

            Element root = doc.createElementNS(null, "person"); // Create Root Element
            Element item = doc.createElementNS(null, "name"); // Create element
            item.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("Jeff"));
            root.appendChild(item); // Attach element to Root element
            item = doc.createElementNS(null, "age"); // Create another Element
            item.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("28"));
            root.appendChild(item); // Attach Element to previous element down tree
            item = doc.createElementNS(null, "height");
            item.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("1.80"));
            root.appendChild(item); // Attach another Element - grandaugther
            doc.appendChild(root); // Add Root to Document

            DOMImplementationRegistry registry = DOMImplementationRegistry.newInstance();
            DOMImplementationLS domImplLS = (DOMImplementationLS) registry.getDOMImplementation("LS");

            LSSerializer ser = domImplLS.createLSSerializer(); // Create a serializer
                                                               // for the DOM
            LSOutput out = domImplLS.createLSOutput();
            StringWriter stringOut = new StringWriter(); // Writer will be a String
            out.setCharacterStream(stringOut);
            ser.write(doc, out); // Serialize the DOM

            System.out.println("STRXML = " + stringOut.toString()); // Spit out the
                                                                    // DOM as a String
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}