Java XML Document to File WriteXMLFile2(Document doc, String strFilePath)

Description

Write the Document in memory out to a standard XML file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	the <code>Document</code> object for the XML file to list
strFilePath	the XML file to write to

Exception

Parameter	Description
custom	custom exception if file is not writeable
ioe	IOException if an error occurs on file creation
fnfe	FileNotFoundException if PrintWriter constructor fails

Declaration

public static void WriteXMLFile2(Document doc, String strFilePath) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.OutputFormat;
import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.XMLSerializer;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

public class Main {
    /** /* ww w . ja  v a2s.  c o  m*/
     * Write the <code>Document</code> in memory out to a standard XML file.
     * @param  doc  the <code>Document</code> object for the XML file to list
     * @param  strFilePath  the XML file to write to
     * @throws custom custom exception if file is not writeable
     * @throws ioe IOException if an error occurs on file creation
     * @throws fnfe FileNotFoundException if PrintWriter constructor fails
     */
    public static void WriteXMLFile2(Document doc, String strFilePath) throws Exception {
        // open file for writing
        File file = new File(strFilePath);

        // ensure that file is writeable
        try {
            file.createNewFile();
            if (!file.canWrite()) {
                throw new Exception("FileNotWriteable");
            }
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            throw ioe;
        }

        // create a PrintWriter to write the XML file to
        PrintWriter pw = null;
        try {
            pw = new PrintWriter(file);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
            throw fnfe;
        }

        // write out the serialized form
        pw.print(getXMLListing(doc));
        pw.close();
    }

    /** Return a <code>String</code> containing an XML file in serialized form.
     *  @param  doc  the <code>Document</code> object for the XML file to list
     *  @return (<code>String</code>) the XML file in serialized form
     */
    public static String getXMLListing(Document doc) {
        // make a serializable version of the XML Document object
        // reference:  www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-injava2/?dwzone=xml
        OutputFormat of = new OutputFormat(doc);
        of.setIndenting(true); // setIndenting must preceed setIndent
        of.setIndent(2);
        of.setLineSeparator(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
        // of.setPreserveSpace( true ) ;
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        // use a StringWriter instead of serializing directly to the 
        //  ObjectOutputStream because serializing directly yields a 
        //  java.io.OptionalDataException when reading the data with 
        //  ObjectInputStream.readObject()
        XMLSerializer xmlser = new XMLSerializer(sw, of);
        try {
            xmlser.serialize(doc);
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            return "<p>IOException Error in getXMLListing( Document ):<br/>" + "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
                    + ioe.toString();
        }

        return sw.toString();
    }
}

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