Java XML Document Format formatXML(Document document, org.w3c.dom.Element root, String tab)

Description

format XML into human readable form

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
document	a parameter
root	a parameter
tab	a parameter

Declaration

private static void formatXML(Document document, org.w3c.dom.Element root, String tab) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
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     * format XML into human readable form
     * @param document
     * @param root
     * @param tab
     */
    private static void formatXML(Document document, org.w3c.dom.Element root, String tab) {
        NodeList children = root.getChildNodes();
        // save the nodes in the array first
        Node[] nodes = new Node[children.getLength()];
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++)
            nodes[i] = children.item(i);
        // insert identations
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
            root.insertBefore(document.createTextNode("\n" + tab), nodes[i]);
            if (nodes[i] instanceof org.w3c.dom.Element)
                formatXML(document, (org.w3c.dom.Element) nodes[i], "  " + tab);
        }
        root.appendChild(document.createTextNode("\n" + tab.substring(0, tab.length() - 2)));
    }
}

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7. formatXML(Document xml, Document xsl, URIResolver resolver, Writer output)
8. pretty(Document document, OutputStream outputStream, int indent)
9. prettyFormat(Document doc)