Java XML Node to String toString(Node xml)

Description

Transform this Node into a String representation.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
xml	the xml Node

Return

a String representation of the given xml Node

Declaration

public static String toString(Node xml) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//w  w  w  .  j  a v a2  s .c  om
 * ?Copyright (C) 2012-2015 52?North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
 * Software GmbH
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as publishedby the Free
 * Software Foundation.
 *
 * If the program is linked with libraries which are licensed under one of the
 * following licenses, the combination of the program with the linked library is
 * not considered a "derivative work" of the program:
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 *     - Apache Software License, version 1.0
 *     - GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
 *     - Mozilla Public License, versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
 *     - Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0
 *
 * Therefore the distribution of the program linked with libraries licensed under
 * the aforementioned licenses, is permitted by the copyright holders if the
 * distribution is compliant with both the GNU General Public License version 2
 * and the aforementioned licenses.
 *
 * This program 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.
 */

import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
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.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Transform this {@link Node} into a {@link String} representation.
     * 
     * @param xml
     *        the xml Node
     * @return a String representation of the given xml Node
     */
    public static String toString(Node xml) {
        short type = xml.getNodeType();

        if (type == Node.TEXT_NODE)
            return xml.getNodeValue();

        StringWriter buffer = new StringWriter();
        try {
            TransformerFactory transFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = transFactory.newTransformer();
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "utf-8");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "4");
            transformer.transform(new DOMSource(xml), new StreamResult(buffer));
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }

        return buffer.toString();

    }
}

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4. toString(Node node, Map outputProperties)
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6. toString(NodeList nodes)
7. toStringE(Node element)
8. toText(Node node)
9. toText(Node node)