How to convert xml Element and its child nodes into String in Java?

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Hi I want to convert XML node and its child into a string with its node names.

For example I get a node from XML document which is look like this:

<Name>
  <Work>*86</Work>
  <Home>*86</Home>
  <Mobile>*80</Mobile> 
  <Work>0</Work>
</Name>

I want to convert whole node into string. With nodenames, not only text. Any help in this regards is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

how can you xml document look like *86 *86 *86 0 ? i am missing something — Suraj Chandran
– Suraj Chandran, Commented Mar 22, 2011 at 11:25
Node node = doc.getElementBytagName("Name").item(0); i want the whole node in string is that achievable.or not. — arsalan
– arsalan, Commented Mar 22, 2011 at 11:30

dARKpRINCE · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-09 07:49:21Z

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you can use JDom XMLOutputter subject to the condition that your Element is an org.jdom.Element:

XMLOutputter outp = new XMLOutputter();
String s = outp.outputString(your_jdom_element);

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answered Mar 22, 2011 at 11:40

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wjans · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22 11:40:12Z

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You can use a transformer for that:

Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");

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

String xmlString = result.getWriter().toString();
System.out.println(xmlString);

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 11:40

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arsalan Over a year ago

im working on android 2.0 in which Transformer clases are not available,there is any another way?

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