Java XML String Transform getString(Node node, boolean indent)

Description

Return the contents of the node as a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	a parameter
indent	Indent the XML when formatting

Return

The node contents

Declaration

public static String getString(Node node, boolean indent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 * GDSC SMLM Software/*from   www  .  ja  v  a2 s.  co m*/
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Alex Herbert
 * Genome Damage and Stability Centre
 * University of Sussex, UK
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the contents of the node as a string. Any exceptions are ignored and the method returns null.
     * 
     * @param node
     * @param indent
     *            Indent the XML when formatting
     * @return The node contents
     */
    public static String getString(Node node, boolean indent) {
        Transformer transformer;
        try {
            transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, (indent) ? "yes" : "no");

            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new StringWriter());
            DOMSource source = new DOMSource(node);
            transformer.transform(source, result);

            return result.getWriter().toString();
        } catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
            //e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (TransformerFactoryConfigurationError e) {
            //e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (TransformerException e) {
            //e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return "";
    }
}

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3. getSchemaFromResource(String... files)
4. getSourceAsString(Source source)
5. getStreamResultForFile(String filename)
6. getStringFromStreamSource(StreamSource src)
7. getTemplates(String name)
8. getValidator(String path)
9. getXmlStringFromSource(Source payload)