How to Print XML Object

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Dear all,

If I want to print the xmlObject Content before I insert it to XML DB, the Print out result should like:

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So, what should I do?
Following is my xmlObject DataType:

TXMLObject xmlObject = TXMLObject.newInstance( TDOMObjectModel.getInstance());

2

You can use the writeTo() method of the TXMLObject:

xmlObject.writeTo(System.out);
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Thank you for your idea!!
However, it seems that it only output a single line for whole xml document. What I want is to output like a “tree-like” format. So, do you have any new suggestion?

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Yes - you can use the older API’s static printTree() method like this:

import com.softwareag.tamino.api.dom.TaminoClient; 
...
Element myElement = (Element) xmlObject.getElement();
TaminoClient.printTree(myElement);


The older API is delivered in file “TaminoClient.jar”.

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The node content can be displayed, but it return some abnormal character instead of tag “<” “>”, how can I solve this?

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You probably can’t change this - the method prints a tree using plain text and ansi characters which represent the tree structure. If you want a more traditional view of your xml, try using this code (which employs xerces):

import org.apache.xml.serialize.OutputFormat;
import org.apache.xml.serialize.XMLSerializer;
..
// Serialize the document
Document mydoc = (Document) xmlObject.getDocument();
OutputFormat format = new OutputFormat(myDoc);
format.setLineWidth(65);
format.setIndenting(true);
format.setIndent(2);
XMLSerializer serializer = new XMLSerializer(System.out, format);
serializer.serialize(myDoc);


If this doesn’t deliver exactly what you need, you could try using xalan to apply a stylesheet and print the result. Then you would have complete control over the output appearance.
HTH

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I got it.
Thank a lot!!
:slight_smile: