Java XML Node to String toXml(Node node)

Description

Returns String representation of the the XML node (document or element).

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the node

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	if an error occurs

Return

string representation of the input

Declaration

public static String toXml(Node node) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

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

import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns String representation of the the XML node (document or element).
     * @param node the node
     * @return string representation of the input
     * @throws Exception if an error occurs
     */
    public static String toXml(Node node) throws Exception {
        Source source = new DOMSource(node);
        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        Result result = new StreamResult(writer);
        Transformer t = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
        t.transform(source, result);

        return writer.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. toText(Node node)
2. toWellKnowName(Node vertexStyleNode)
3. toWriter(Node node, Writer writer, Map outputProperties)
4. toXML(Node node)
5. toXML(Node node)
6. toXml(Node node)
7. toXml(Node node, boolean keepHeader)
8. toXMLString(final Node value)
9. toXMLString(Node node)