Java Utililty Methods XML Format

List of utility methods to do XML Format

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Format are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringformatXml(String xml)
format Xml 
ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
    readableXformer.transform(new StreamSource(new StringReader(xml)), new StreamResult(output));
} catch (TransformerException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to format XML", e);
return output.toString();
StringformatXML(String xml)
format XML 
try {
    Transformer serializer = SAXTransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
    serializer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
    serializer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
    Source xmlSource = new SAXSource(new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes())));
    StreamResult res = new StreamResult(new ByteArrayOutputStream());
    serializer.transform(xmlSource, res);
    return new String(((ByteArrayOutputStream) res.getOutputStream()).toByteArray());
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TransformerformatXML(Transformer transformer)
This method formats the XML file by omitting the XML Declaration and creating indentations 
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
return transformer;
StringformatXMLStr(String xml)
format XML Str 
String output = null;
try {
    Node document = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder()
            .parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes())).getDocumentElement();
    TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
    Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer();
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
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StringprettifyString(String string)
Returns a prettified version of the string, or the original string if the operation is not possible. 
String result = string;
if (string.startsWith("<?xml")) {
    result = prettifyXML(string);
return result;
StringprettyFormat(String input)
pretty Format 
return prettyFormat(input, 2, true);
StringprettyFormat(String input)
Converts xml string to pretty format. 
Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(input));
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
StreamResult xmlOutput = new StreamResult(stringWriter);
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = null;
try {
    transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
} catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
...
StringprettyFormat(String input)
Format the provided XML input with a default indentation of 2. 
return prettyFormat(input, 2);
StringprettyFormat(String input, int indent)
pretty Format 
try {
    Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(input));
    StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
    StreamResult xmlOutput = new StreamResult(stringWriter);
    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
    Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
    transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", String.valueOf(indent));
...
StringprettyFormat(String strInput, int nIndent)
Pretty format a given XML document 
try {
    Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(strInput));
    StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
    StreamResult xmlOutput = new StreamResult(stringWriter);
    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
    transformerFactory.setAttribute("indent-number", nIndent);
    Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
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