Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import javax.xml.transform.*; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource; import java.io.StringReader; import java.io.StringWriter; public class Main { public static String prettyFormat(String input, int indent, boolean isOmitXmlDeclaration) { try { Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(input)); 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"); if (isOmitXmlDeclaration) { transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes"); } transformer.transform(xmlInput, xmlOutput); return xmlOutput.getWriter().toString(); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); // simple exception handling, please review it } } public static String prettyFormat(String input) { return prettyFormat(input, 2, true); } }