How to format the xml in java dom parser?

Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Request>

<Id>

here the first tag was written into file followed by xml version, i need that need to write in next line. like below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Request>
  <Id>

i Have use below code to write the xml into file,please help

TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory
                .newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
        DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document);
        StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new File(
                Constants.xmlLocation
                        + Constants.metaDataXmlFileName
                        + format.format(calendar.getTime()) + ".xml"));

        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
        transformer.setOutputProperty(
                "{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "5");
        transformer.transform(source, result);

its already answered, check this post here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/139076/how-to-pretty-print-xml-from-java — tokhi, Sep 04 '13 at 07:08
Also this can help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5142632/java-dom-xml-file-create-have-no-tabs-or-whitespaces-in-output-file?rq=1 — blackbird014, Sep 04 '13 at 07:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 22 '18 at 10:52

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You can try the code below, this will work fine and you will be getting the formatted output

transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_PUBLIC,"yes");
transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "10");

edited Nov 22 '18 at 10:52

nimcap

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answered Sep 04 '13 at 08:52

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How to format the xml in java dom parser?

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