dom4j's XMLWriter doesn't support this currently, you could override the writeDeclaration method though:
public class StandaloneWriter extends XMLWriter { protected void writeDeclaration() throws IOException { OutputFormat format = getOutputFormat(); String encoding = format.getEncoding(); if (!format.isSuppressDeclaration()) { if (encoding.equals("UTF8")) { writer.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\""); if (!format.isOmitEncoding()) { writer.write(" encoding=\"UTF-8\""); } writer.write(" standalone=\"true\""); writer.write("?>"); } else { writer.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\""); if (!format.isOmitEncoding()) { writer.write(" encoding=\"" + encoding + "\""); } writer.write(" standalone=\"true\""); writer.write("?>"); } if (format.isNewLineAfterDeclaration()) { println(); } } } Regards, Edwin -- http://www.edankert.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list dom4j-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user