Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory; import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import org.w3c.dom.Attr; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); // root elements Document doc = docBuilder.newDocument(); Element rootElement = doc.createElement("company"); doc.appendChild(rootElement); // staff elements Element staff = doc.createElement("Staff"); rootElement.appendChild(staff); // set attribute to staff element Attr attr = doc.createAttribute("id"); attr.setValue("1"); staff.setAttributeNode(attr); // shorten way // staff.setAttribute("id", "1"); // firstname elements Element firstname = doc.createElement("firstname"); firstname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("A")); staff.appendChild(firstname); // lastname elements Element lastname = doc.createElement("lastname"); lastname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("B")); staff.appendChild(lastname); // nickname elements Element nickname = doc.createElement("nickname"); nickname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("C")); staff.appendChild(nickname); // salary elements Element salary = doc.createElement("salary"); salary.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("100000")); staff.appendChild(salary); // write the content into xml file TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer(); DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc); StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new File("C:\\file.xml")); // Output to console for testing // StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out); transformer.transform(source, result); System.out.println("File saved!"); } }