Java XML Node to String toString(final Node node)

Description

Transform a DOM Node to String.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	The Node to be transformed.

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParserConfigurationException	Parser confiuration exception
TransformerException	Transformer exception

Return

a String representation.

Declaration

public static String toString(final Node node) throws ParserConfigurationException, TransformerException 

Method Source Code

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import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;

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 {
    /**
     * Transform a DOM Node to String.
     * @param node The Node to be transformed.
     * @return a String representation.
     * @throws ParserConfigurationException Parser confiuration exception
     * @throws TransformerException Transformer exception
     */
    public static String toString(final Node node) throws ParserConfigurationException, TransformerException {
        TransformerFactory transFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = transFactory.newTransformer();
        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        DOMSource source = new DOMSource(node);
        StreamResult result = new StreamResult(writer);
        transformer.transform(source, result);
        return writer.toString();
    }
}

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2. nodeToXmlString(Node node)
3. stringifyNode(Node node)
4. toHtml(StringBuffer html, Node node)
5. toString(final Node node)
6. toString(final Node node)
7. toString(final Node xml)
8. toString(final short nodeType)
9. toString(Node element)