Java XML Document Create stringToDocument(String xml)

Description

Converts an XML string into a DOM Document .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
xml	the XML string to convert

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	if the given string does not contain valid XML or conversionfails for other reasons

Return

the equivalent XML DOM document

Declaration

public static Document stringToDocument(String xml) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//www. j  a  v  a2  s . c  om
 * Copyright 2011 Matthias Nuessler <m.nuessler@web.de>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import java.io.StringReader;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts an XML string into a DOM {@link Document}.
     *
     * @param xml
     *            the XML string to convert
     * @return the equivalent XML DOM document
     * @throws Exception
     *             if the given string does not contain valid XML or conversion
     *             fails for other reasons
     */
    public static Document stringToDocument(String xml) throws Exception {
        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
        InputSource input = new InputSource(new StringReader(xml));
        return factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(input);
    }
}

Related

1. stringToDocument(final String xml)
2. stringToDocument(String doc)
3. stringToDocument(String string)
4. stringToDocument(String string)
5. stringToDocument(String string)
6. stringToDocument(String xmlStr, boolean isValidating)
7. stringToDocument(String xmlString)
8. toDocument(File f)
9. toDocument(Reader reader)