Java XML Output - proper indenting for child items
- by Dr1Ku
Hello,
I'd like to serialize some simple data model into xml, I've been using the standard java.org.w3c -related code (see below), the indentation is better than no "OutputKeys.INDENT", yet there is one little thing that remains - proper indentation for child elements.
I know that this has been asked before on stackoverflow , yet that configuration did not work for me, this is the code I'm using :
DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = builder.newDocument();
doc = addItemsToDocument(doc);
// The addItemsToDocument method adds childElements to the document.
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
transformerFactory.setAttribute("indent-number", new Integer(4));
// switching to setAttribute("indent-number", 4); doesn't help
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(outFile);
// outFile is a regular File outFile = new File("some/path/foo.xml");
transformer.transform(source, result);
The output produced is :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<stuffcontainer>
<stuff description="something" duration="240" title="abc">
<otherstuff />
</stuff>
</stuffcontainer>
Whereas I would want it (for more clarity) like :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<stuffcontainer>
<stuff description="something" duration="240" title="abc">
<otherstuff />
</stuff>
</stuffcontainer>
I was just wondering if there is a way of doing this, make it properly indented for the child elements.
Thank you in advance !
Happy Easter coding :-) !
