Order of XML being preserved when writing to a file

[Bill Lee]

I have a script which strips off a couple nodes and then writes the script to a new file. The script works fine, but the attributes are not in the same order as in the original document. For example,

<Transaction DataType="N" ProgramNumber="08201" ProgramPhase="I" OCRMailCode="" OCRCellNumber="" OCROfferId="" OCRNameControl="083545995" OCRCheckDigit="" DateKeyed="20081007" BpData="" MediaCategory="EV" MediaCode="RN" UPCcode="" CCN="" RetailAccountNo="" PromoCode="">

displays

<Transaction OCRMailCode="" DataType="N" RetailAccountNo="" ProgramNumber="08201" MediaCode="RN" UPCcode="" CCN="" OCRCheckDigit="" MediaCategory="EV" OCROfferId="" BpData="" DateKeyed="20081007" ProgramPhase="I" PromoCode="" OCRCellNumber="" OCRNameControl="083545995">



I am using the XMLParser and printing doing the following.

new XmlNodePrinter(pw).print(ASD)


Does anyone know how one can preserve the order of attributes with the script?

[Paul Clapham]

It doesn't matter, because the XML recommendation specifically says that the order of attributes is not meaningful.

[Bill Lee]

Appreciate the quick reply. Yes, the script works, but a lazy tester is asking if the attributes can maintain the existing order.