Java XML Node Serialize serializeToXML(Node node, boolean indent)

Description

Given a DOM Node produces the XML serialization omitting the XML declaration.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	node to be serialized.
indent	if <code>true</code> the output is indented.

Exception

Parameter	Description
TransformerException	if an error occurs during theserializator initialization and activation.

Return

the XML serialization.

Declaration

public static String serializeToXML(Node node, boolean indent) throws TransformerException, IOException 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
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 java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Given a <i>DOM</i> {@link Node} produces the <i>XML</i> serialization
     * omitting the <i>XML declaration</i>.
     *
     * @param node node to be serialized.
     * @param indent if <code>true</code> the output is indented.
     * @return the XML serialization.
     * @throws TransformerException if an error occurs during the
     *         serializator initialization and activation.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    public static String serializeToXML(Node node, boolean indent) throws TransformerException, IOException {
        final DOMSource domSource = new DOMSource(node);
        final Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-8");
        if (indent) {
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "4");
        }
        final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        final StreamResult sr = new StreamResult(sw);
        transformer.transform(domSource, sr);
        sw.close();
        return sw.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. serializeNode(Node xmlNode)
2. serializeNoNS(Node node)
3. serializeRDFToHTML(String xmlRDF)
4. serializeSource(Source source)
5. serializeToString(Node node, String encoding)
6. serializeToXml(Node node, OutputStream out)
7. serializeXML(Node e, Writer out)
8. serializeXML(Node node)
9. serializeXML(Node node)