XML Document to String

Question

What s the simplest way to get the String representation of a XML Document  org w3c dom Document   That is all nodes will be on a single line   As an example  from   lt root gt     lt a gt trge lt  a gt     lt b gt 156 lt  b gt   lt  root gt     this is only a tree representation  in my code it s a org w3c dom Document object  so I can t treat it as a String   to    lt root gt   lt a gt trge lt  a gt   lt b gt 156 lt  b gt   lt  root gt     Thanks

User · Answer

Use the Apache XMLSerializer  here s an example  http   www informit com articles article asp p 31349 amp seqNum 3 amp rl 1  you can check this as well  http   www netomatix com XmlFileToString aspx

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Assuming doc is your instance of org w3c dom Document   TransformerFactory tf   TransformerFactory newInstance    Transformer transformer   tf newTransformer    transformer setOutputProperty OutputKeys OMIT XML DECLARATION   yes    StringWriter writer   new StringWriter    transformer transform new DOMSource doc   new StreamResult writer    String output   writer getBuffer   toString   replaceAll   n  r

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First you need to get rid of all newline characters in all your text nodes  Then you can use an identity transform to output your DOM tree  Look at the javadoc for TransformerFactory newTransformer

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