Java XML DOM to String domToString(Node domNode, boolean indent)

Description

Convert specified DOM Node to a string representation

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
domNode	the DOM node
indent	indent or not

Return

the string representation of the DOM node

Declaration

public static String domToString(Node domNode, boolean indent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w ww.j a  v a  2s. c o m
 * eID Identity Provider Project.
 * Copyright (C) 2010 FedICT.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version
 * 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, see
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 */

import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
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 org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert specified DOM {@link Node} to a string representation
     * 
     * @param domNode
     *            the DOM node
     * @param indent
     *            indent or not
     * @return the string representation of the DOM node
     */
    public static String domToString(Node domNode, boolean indent) {

        try {
            Source source = new DOMSource(domNode);
            StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
            Result result = new StreamResult(stringWriter);

            TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory
                    .newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();

            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION,
                    "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(
                    "{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "4");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, indent ? "yes"
                    : "no");
            transformer.transform(source, result);

            return stringWriter.toString();
        } catch (TransformerException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. domNode2String(Node node, boolean indent)
2. domNodeListToString(NodeList nodeList)
3. domNodeToString(Node node)
4. domToString(Node domNode)
5. domToString(Node domNode)
6. domToString(Node node)
7. domToString(Node node, int estSize)