Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.io.StringReader; import java.io.StringWriter; import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys; import javax.xml.transform.Source; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource; public class Main { /** * Formats a xml string * @param input * @param indent * @return */ public static String prettyFormatXml(String input, int indent) { 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"); transformer.transform(xmlInput, xmlOutput); return xmlOutput.getWriter().toString(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return input; } }