Java Utililty Methods XML Node to String

List of utility methods to do XML Node to String

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

Method

voiddump(Node node)
dump 
try {
    TransformerFactory fac = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
    Transformer t = fac.newTransformer();
    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("xsl.xsl"));
    t.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(fos));
    fos.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
...
voiddumpNode(Node node)
Serializes a W3C DOM node to a String and dumps it to System.out. 
try {
    Transformer trans = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
    trans.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
    trans.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
    Source src = new DOMSource(node);
    Result res = new StreamResult(System.out);
    trans.transform(src, res);
} catch (Exception e) {
...
StringelementToString(Node element)
element To String 
Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
return transform(transformer, element);
StringgetAttributeValue(Node node, String attrName)
get Attribute Value 
String value = null;
node = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attrName);
if (node != null) {
    value = node.getNodeValue();
return value;
StringgetDescriptionOfNode(Node node)
get Description Of Node 
if (!(node instanceof Element)) {
    return domToString(node);
final String id = ((Element) node).getAttribute("id");
if ((id == null) || (id.length() == 0)) {
    return domToString(node);
return "Node: id=" + id;
...
InputStreamgetNodeAsInputStream(Node node)
get Node As Input Stream 
Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
StreamResult res = new StreamResult(out);
transformer.transform(new DOMSource(node), res);
return new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
InputStreamgetNodeAsStream(Node node)
Stream a DOM Node as an input stream 
Source source = new DOMSource(node);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
Result streamResult = new StreamResult(baos);
Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
transformer.transform(source, streamResult);
ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
return bis;
...
StringgetNodeSubtreeXMLString(final Node node)
get Node Subtree XML String 
final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
writeNodeSubtreeXMLString(node, writer);
return writer.toString();
StringgetNodeXml(Node node)
get Node Xml 
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer trans = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
trans.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
trans.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(sw));
return sw.getBuffer().toString();
StringgetOuterXml(Node n)
get Outer Xml 
TransformerFactory transFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = null;
try {
    transformer = transFactory.newTransformer();
} catch (TransformerConfigurationException e1) {
    e1.printStackTrace();
    return "";
try {
    StringWriter buffer = new StringWriter();
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-8");
    transformer.transform(new DOMSource(n), new StreamResult(buffer));
    return buffer.toString();
} catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    return "";
} catch (TransformerException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    return "";