Converting an XML Node to XML String/Text

[Krysty Sullivan]

How do I convert a Node to its corresponding XML Text or String?
Node pageNode = pageNodeList.item(0);
//How can pageNode be converted to XML String
(e.g. <param><page>2</page></param> ?

[Dan Drillich]

The interface Node has the method getNodeValue() which returns a String.
I guess this is what you are after.
Cheers,
Dan

[Ajith Kallambella]

Try this. But you will need Xerces.

/**
 * Serializeds a Document object as a String using a StringWriter.
 * @param domDocument the document object to serialize.
 * @return String the serialized document in a String format.
 * @author  Ajith Kallambella 
 * @version March 7, 2002
 */
public static String serializeDocument( Document domDocument ) throws Exception {
if ( domDocument == null ) 
throw new Exception("Document is null, cannot serialize null documents" );

StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
OutputFormat format = new OutputFormat( domDocument,"UTF-8", true );   // sets indentation and formatting
// serialize as DOM
XMLSerializer serializer = new XMLSerializer( writer, format );
serializer.asDOMSerializer();
serializer.serialize( domDocument.getDocumentElement());

return writer.toString();
}
}