Java tutorial
import java.io.StringWriter; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory; import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { Document doc = createXmlDocument("root"); System.out.println(documentToString(doc)); } /** * Start a new XML Document. * @param rootName The name of the Document root Element (created here) * @return the Document * @throws DomException */ public static Document createXmlDocument(String rootName) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory; factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setNamespaceAware(false); Document document = factory.newDocumentBuilder().newDocument(); Element root = document.createElement(rootName); document.appendChild(root); return document; } public static String documentToString(Document document) { try { TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer trans = tf.newTransformer(); StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); trans.transform(new DOMSource(document), new StreamResult(sw)); return sw.toString(); } catch (TransformerException tEx) { tEx.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }