[jdom-interest] writing XML to a String

[trebor.a.rude at lmco.com]

Here's how I do it currently (against the most recent CVS):

ByteArrayOutputStream byteRep = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
XMLOutputter docWriter = new XMLOutputter("", false);

xmlWriter.output(document, byteRep);
String stringRep = byteRep.toString();

This is untested as yet, but it should work.  Elliote mentioned a few days
ago that eventually,
it's going to be much simpler, like this:

String stringRep = xmlWriter.serialize(document);

Unfortunately, that functionality isn't there yet, and I haven't seen any
pointers to where the patch might be.

Trebor A. Rude
trebor.a.rude at lmco.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cameron Smith [SMTP:cameron.smith at entranet.co.uk]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:56 AM
> To:	'jdom-interest at jdom.org'
> Subject:	[jdom-interest] writing XML to a String
> 
> I wanted to use XMLOutputter to output a Document to a
> String/StringBuffer,
> which would then be wrapped up in a larger message by another system
> component and sent off somewhere.
> 
> Unfortunately output() can only use a print stream, and java.io only
> provides a StringWriter and no OutputStream -> Writer class.  I have a
> feeling I'm missing something obvious - anyone have a suggestion?
> 
> Alternatively, does the latest cvs build now have an output(Writer)
> method?
> (I know the javadocs aren't totally in sync with builds).
>