How To Convert XML into String?

Question

Hi,
I have a requirement in which I need to convert the data from XML file to string.
E.g.
   <Drawing>
      <DrawingSpecification>
         <Header>
            <SoldTo>SDN</SoldTo>
            <SoldToName>SAP</SoldToName>
            <Date/>
            <Manager>CEO</Manager>
            < Plant>INDIA</Name>
            <Items>
               <Item>
                   < MaterialNumber>MatNum12</ MaterialNumber>
                   <ProductNumber>ProName12</ ProductNumber>
               </Item>
           </Items>
           < ClientId>ClientID123</ ClientId>
           <FileName>FileName123</FileName>
           <Type/>
           < TemplateName/>
      </DrawingSpecification>
      <Image contentType=""/>
   < /Drawing>
Output should be like:
   < File>
      < Content> SDN SAP CEO INDIA MatNum12 ProName12 ClientID123 FileName123</Content>
   < /File>
Please provide solution for the same.
Thanks,
Abhishek.

Answer 1

what about something like this
package test;
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
public class Test {
     public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
          DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
          DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
          Document doc = docBuilder.parse(new File("test.xml"));
          StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
          appendChildren(buffer, doc.getChildNodes());
          System.out.println(buffer.toString());
     private static void appendChildren(StringBuffer buffer, NodeList list) {
          for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
               Node node = list.item(i);
               if (node.getNodeValue() != null) {
                    if (node.getNodeValue().trim().length() > 0) {
                         buffer.append(node.getNodeValue()).append("|");
               appendChildren(buffer, node.getChildNodes());
...btw: IMHO the use of this forum is to get an answer to an particular question - not to ask for complete solutions - create the solution yourself an ask if you are stuck somewhere (with a bit of research (google) it is not hard to find a solution for your problem)
regards franz
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