Java XML Document to String toString(Document doc)

Description

Converts an XML document to a formatted XML string.

License

Mozilla Public License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	The document to format.

Return

Formatted XML document.

Declaration

public static String toString(Document doc)

Method Source Code

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import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts an XML document to a formatted XML string.
     * 
     * @param doc The document to format.
     * @return Formatted XML document.
     */
    public static String toString(Document doc) {
        if (doc == null) {
            return "";
        }

        try {
            DOMSource domSource = new DOMSource(doc);
            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(writer);
            TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
            transformer.transform(domSource, result);
            return writer.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return e.toString();
        }
    }
}