Java XML Document to String getStringFromDocument(Document doc)

Description

Convert Document element to a String object

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	Document element

Exception

Parameter	Description
TransformerException	throws when transform fails

Return

String object

Declaration

public static String getStringFromDocument(Document doc) throws TransformerException 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert Document element to a String object
     * @param doc Document element
     * @return String object
     * @throws TransformerException throws when transform fails
     */
    public static String getStringFromDocument(Document doc) throws TransformerException {
        DOMSource domSource = new DOMSource(doc);
        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        StreamResult result = new StreamResult(writer);
        TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
        transformer.transform(domSource, result);
        return writer.toString().substring(writer.toString().indexOf('>') + 1);
    }
}

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3. getDocumentAsString(Resource resource)
4. getString(Document document)
5. getStringFromDoc(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)
6. getStringFromDocument(Document doc)
7. getStringFromDOM(Document doc)
8. getStringFromDomDocument(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, org.w3c.dom.Document xslt)
9. getStringFromXMLDocument(Document doc)