Printing the content of an XML tree

Several methods in the XMLNodeUtilities and XMLNodeUtilities2 allow to print the content of an XML tree, either in a File, URL, or String.

For the XMLNodeUtilities:

• The XMLNodeUtilities.print(XMLNode, int) method allows to get the String content associated with the XML content under a root node
• The XMLNodeUtilities.print(XMLNode, int, File) and method XMLNodeUtilities.print(XMLNode, int, URL) methods allow to save the XML content under a root node in a File or URL

For the XMLNodeUtilities2:

• The XMLNodeUtilities2.print(XMLNode, int) method allows to get the String content associated with the XML content under a root node
• The XMLNodeUtilities2.print(XMLNode, int, File) and method XMLNodeUtilities2.print(XMLNode, int, URL) methods allow to save the XML content under a root node in a File or URL

Using a custom serializer

It is possible to customize the serializer used to print nodes. The methods allow to se a custom NodeSerializer as an argument to the print method. For example:

• XMLNodeUtilities.print(XMLNode, int, boolean, NodeSerializer, URL)
• XMLNodeUtilities2.print(XMLNode, int, boolean, NodeSerializer, URL)

Control over the attributes order

By default the attributes of each node will be srialized in alphabetical order. However it is posssible to specify that you want the attributes serialized in the order in which they have been added to their node. Each print method has a version which allow you to specify which order you want. For example:

   XMLRoot root = ...
   File file = ..;
   XMLNodeUtilities.print(root, 2, file); // use the default alphabetical order for attributes
   XMLNodeUtilities.print(root, 2, true, file); // serialize the attributes in the order in which they have been added to their node