Java: Writing a DOM to an XML file (formatting issues)

java xml formatting pretty-print

I'm assuming that you're using a Transformer to do the actual writing (to a StreamResult). In which case, do this before you call transform:

transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");

java xml formatting pretty-print

transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");

java xml formatting pretty-print

There are a few good examples of "pretty printing" in the following thread

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