Brion,
OutputFormat.setPreserveSpace(true) is the one . That works. Thanks a lot.
-thanks,
Sampath
"Swanson, Brion" wrote:
> Upon further reading of your email, I realized the code I supplied does not
> do what you desired. The functionality you seek lies in the
> 'setPreserveSpace(true)' method of OutputFormat. You also need to place
> your newline characters in more selective locations. I believe the
> following code is what you were really looking for.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --------------------
> DocumentBuilderFactory df = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
> DocumentBuilder db = df.newDocumentBuilder();
> Document doc = db.newDocument();
>
> Element sampleEl = doc.createElement("SampleElement");
> // add these lines //
> doc.appendChild(sampleEl);
> Element docElement = doc.getDocumentElement();
> docElement.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
>
> for (int i=0; i < 10; i++) {
> Element testEl = doc.createElement("TestEl");
> testEl.setAttribute("r_name", "rname" + Integer.toString(i));
> testEl.setAttribute("atestattr", "atestattribute" +
> Integer.toString(i));
>
> Element prdEl = doc.createElement("Template");
> prdEl.setAttribute("prname", "prname" + Integer.toString(i));
> testEl.appendChild(prdEl);
> // testEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
>
> // sampleEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
> sampleEl.appendChild(testEl);
> // add this line //
> docElement.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
> // sampleEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
> }
>
> File file = new File("test.data");
> PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(file));
>
> OutputFormat outputFormat = new OutputFormat(doc);
> outputFormat.setOmitComments(true);
> outputFormat.setOmitDocumentType(true);
> outputFormat.setOmitXMLDeclaration(true);
> outputFormat.setLineSeparator("\n");
> // add this line //
> outputFormat.setPreserveSpace(true);
>
> XMLSerializer serializer = new XMLSerializer(pw,outputFormat);
> serializer.asDOMSerializer();
> serializer.serialize(sampleEl);
> --------------
>
> Brion Swanson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sampath K Settipalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: doesn't create a new line while serializing
>
> Hi ,
>
> When I try to serialize a Document/Element it doesn't create a new
> line after each Element. All the Elements are in 1 line. I did set the
> outputformat. Element.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n")); Shouldn't
> this create a new line ?? Below is my test code. Can some suggest what
> am I missing. The other thing is when it writes to a file it sorts the
> Attributes. How can I set it not to sort attributes and write in the
> same order as set.
>
> -------------
> DocumentBuilderFactory df = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
> DocumentBuilder db = df.newDocumentBuilder();
> Document doc = db.newDocument();
>
> Element sampleEl = doc.createElement("SampleElement");
> sampleEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
> for (int i=0; i < 10; i++) {
> Element testEl = doc.createElement("TestEl");
> testEl.setAttribute("r_name", "rname" + Integer.toString(i));
> testEl.setAttribute("atestattr", "atestattribute" +
> Integer.toString(i));
>
> Element prdEl = doc.createElement("Template");
> prdEl.setAttribute("prname", "prname" + Integer.toString(i));
> testEl.appendChild(prdEl);
> testEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
>
> sampleEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
> sampleEl.appendChild(testEl);
> sampleEl.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
> }
>
> File file = new File("/path", "test.data");
> PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(file));
>
> OutputFormat outputFormat = new OutputFormat(doc);
> outputFormat.setOmitComments(true);
> outputFormat.setOmitDocumentType(true);
> outputFormat.setOmitXMLDeclaration(true);
> outputFormat.setLineSeparator("\n");
>
> XMLSerializer serializer = new XMLSerializer(pw,outputFormat);
> serializer.asDOMSerializer();
> serializer.serialize(sampleEl);
> -----------------------------------
>
> I tried setting outputFormat.setIndenting(true); For each element it
> indents to more than one line which I definitely don't want. I want each
> testEl Element as one line.
>
> thanks in Advance,
> Sampath
>
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