Here you can find the source of getElementAsInputStream(Element xml)
public static InputStream getElementAsInputStream(Element xml) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /* /* w w w .ja v a 2 s. c om*/ * * **************************************************************************** * Copyright 2003*2004 Intecs **************************************************************************** * This file is part of TOOLBOX. * * TOOLBOX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * TOOLBOX 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with TOOLBOX; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA **************************************************************************** * File Name: $RCSfile: DOMUtil.java,v $ * TOOLBOX Version: $Name: HEAD $ * File Revision: $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ * Revision Date: $Date: 2006/06/13 15:02:25 $ * */ import java.io.*; import org.w3c.dom.*; import javax.xml.transform.*; import javax.xml.transform.stream.*; import javax.xml.transform.dom.*; public class Main { public static InputStream getElementAsInputStream(Element xml) throws Exception { Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(); ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); StreamResult res = new StreamResult(out); transformer.transform(new DOMSource(xml), res); return new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()); } }