XMLConfiguration to String

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I'm using the Apache Commons Configuration. How can I get directly a String of the XMLConfiguration without saving it to a file?

Thank you very much.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '11 at 12:49

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I've found the solution, it is possible via the StringWriter:

XMLConfiguration config = new XMLConfiguration();
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
config.save(stringWriter);
System.out.println(stringWriter.toString());

answered May 15 '11 at 12:49

Thomas

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '11 at 20:36

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org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationUtils.toString()

public static String toString(Configuration configuration)

Get a string representation of the key/value mappings of a configuration.

Parameters:
    configuration - the configuration 
Returns:
    a string representation of the configuration

answered May 08 '11 at 20:36

Mads Hansen

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Thanks! I think I don't quite get it. Is there also a way to get the XML representation (as a string) of the configuration? I need to print the correct XML syntax of the configuration. – Thomas May 10 '11 at 09:07

XMLConfiguration to String

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