How to make a bean create an xml file..

Question

How does one create an xml file from a bean?
If anyone have the answer, or some sample code I would really apprecciate it!!!
In advance thanx a lot!!!

Answer 1

just "wrap" this up in a bean.
import java.io.*;
import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.output.*;
/** Make up and write an XML document, using JDOM
* @author Ian Darwin, [email protected]
* @version $Id: DocWriteJDOM.java,v 1.2 2001/11/21 23:08:17 ian Exp $
public class DocWriteJDOM {
     public static void main(String[] av) throws Exception {
          DocWriteJDOM dw = new DocWriteJDOM();
          Document doc = dw.makeDoc();
          // Create an output formatter, and have it write the doc.
          new XMLOutputter().output(doc, System.out);
     /** Generate the XML document */
     protected Document makeDoc() throws Exception {
               Document doc = new Document(new Element("Poem"));
               doc.getRootElement().
                    addContent(new Element("Stanza").
                         addContent(new Element("Line").
                                   setText("Once, upon a midnight dreary")).
                         addContent(new Element("Line").
                                   setText("While I pondered, weak and weary")));
               return doc;