Generating RTF/PDF/HTML

Hi all
Is it somehow possible to generate an RTF, PDF or HTML easily direct out of Java so that i can display my text and all other stuff like this, without using of a printer/printpreview - i don't want to make it like this
it is easier to simply show the user the final document and he can save/print as he wants it to
perhaps there is a possible convertion of my XML data into an HTML Page with XSL (Xpath and XSLT), but i don't know how to use these sub languages of XML
i will post it in the xml forum too
thank
dietmar gombotz

If you need to convert your output to PDF you can take a look at the iText API at http://www.lowagie.com/iText/.
The same API has a HTMLWriter and PDFWriter that can convert XML into HTML/PDF. You might need to do a bit more research to see if this would suit you.
Thanks
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