Java XML Element to String toString(Element element)

Description

Transform an Element into a String.

License

Apache License

Declaration

static final String toString(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
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.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Transform an {@link Element} into a <code>String</code>.
     */
    static final String toString(Element element) {
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
            Source source = new DOMSource(element);
            Result target = new StreamResult(out);
            transformer.transform(source, target);
            return out.toString("UTF-8");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "[ ERROR IN toString() : " + e.getMessage() + " ]";
        }
    }
}

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1. getStringValueOfElement(Element elem)
2. getStringValues(Element from, String elementName)
3. getXmlString(Element node)
4. getXMLStringFromNode(Element node)
5. toString(Element e)
6. toString(Element node)
7. toString(Element xml)
8. toStringNoIndent(Element aElement)