DOM Document to xml

[Don Kiddick]

Hi,
I am creating a Document via the following

 
DOMParser parser = new DOMParser(); 
parser.parse(
            new InputSource(
               new StringReader(SF_STANDARD)));
return parser.getDocument(); 
 

I then want to make some changes to the Document via the setNodeValue method.
I then want to transform the xml back into String. How do I do this ? When I call toString an my Document all I get is [#document: null].
Could write a bit of code meself but I figure there must be a way to do this, n'est pas ?
thanks,
D.
[ July 11, 2003: Message edited by: Don Kiddick ]

[Pavel Halas]

When using JDOM classes (not in j2sdk), this could be done like this:

import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.output.*;
public static String Doc2String(Document doc, String encoding) {
String content = null;
XMLOutputter out = new XMLOutputter("  ", true, encoding);
try {
content = out.outputString(doc);
}
catch (NullPointerException e) {
// nothing
System.out.println("Doc2String: Document NULL.");
}
return (content);
}

Be sure what type of Document you're using. This function works with org.jdom.Document, standard DOM Document could be converted into.