Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * The MIT License * * Copyright (C) 2007 Asterios Raptis * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to * the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.beans.XMLEncoder; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; public class Main { /** * Creates from the given Object an xml string. * * @param <T> * the generic type of the return type * @param obj * the obj to transform to an xml string. * @return the xml string */ public static <T> String toXmlWithXMLEncoder(final T obj) { XMLEncoder enc = null; final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); try { enc = new XMLEncoder(baos); enc.writeObject(obj); enc.close(); enc = null; } finally { if (enc != null) { enc.close(); } } return baos.toString(); } }