Converting Document to String

[Steve Watson]

How can I convert a Dom Document to a String?

[Roseanne Zhang]

Here is the code:

    public static String returnDocAsString(Document doc) {
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        try {
            TransformerFactory tfFac = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            // use null trandformation
            Transformer tf = tfFac.newTransformer();
            tf.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult(sw));
        }
        catch (TransformerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return sw.toString();
    }

The full working example can be found at http://bobcat.webappcabaret.net/javachina/faq/xml_java_01.htm#jaxp_dom_Q35