Java Document to String

import java.io.*; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import javax.xml.transform.*; import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource; ... public static String documentToString( Document document ) throws TransformerException { TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(); DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document); StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); StreamResult result = new StreamResult(sw); transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes" ); transformer.transform(source, result); return sw.toString(); }