Java XML Document to String toString(Document doc)

Description

This method is used to convert a Document object into an XML String.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
TransformerConfigurationException	an exception
TransformerException	an exception

Declaration

public static String toString(Document doc) throws TransformerConfigurationException, TransformerException 

Method Source Code

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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
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 {
    /**
     * This method is used to convert a Document object into an XML String.
     * 
     * @param doc
     * @return
     * @throws TransformerConfigurationException
     * @throws TransformerException
     */
    public static String toString(Document doc) throws TransformerConfigurationException, TransformerException {
        Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
        DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(output);
            transformer.transform(source, result);

            return new String(output.toByteArray(), "UTF-8");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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