Java XML Node to String toXMLString(Node node, boolean header)

Description

Returns a String representation of the DOM hierarchy rooted at the argument Node.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	The root Node of the DOM hierarchy to translate.

Return

A String representation of the DOM hierarchy rooted at the argument Node, or null if the operation fails.

Declaration

public static String toXMLString(Node node, boolean header)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w w  w .ja v a 2  s  .  co m
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 *  XMLUtils.java : A class of static XML utility methods.
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 *  Copyright (C) 2009, 2010  Scott Herman
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import java.io.StringWriter;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a String representation of the DOM hierarchy rooted at the argument Node.
     * @param node The root Node of the DOM hierarchy to translate.
     * @return A String representation of the DOM hierarchy rooted at the
     * argument Node, or null if the operation fails.
     */
    public static String toXMLString(Node node, boolean header) {
        try {
            Source source = new DOMSource(node);
            StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
            Result result = new StreamResult(stringWriter);
            TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();
            if (!header)
                transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
            transformer.transform(source, result);
            return stringWriter.getBuffer().toString();
        } catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (TransformerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } // try - catch

        return null;
    }

    public static String toXMLString(Node node) {
        return toXMLString(node, true);
    }
}