Save data in an XML file

Question

I have an application where in i need to save the data input by a user in a form in an XML file at a specified location and i need to perform this using Java . I am relatively very new to XML handling in java. I would like some suggestions as to how to start the task .

Any code snippets and links will be helpful ...

Thank You

Answer 1

There is very good framework JAXB for this also there is Simple

But I have used this XStream

Person joe = new Person("Joe", "Walnes");
joe.setPhone(new PhoneNumber(123, "1234-456"));
joe.setFax(new PhoneNumber(123, "9999-999"));

Now, to convert it to XML, all you have to do is make a simple call to XStream:

String xml = xstream.toXML(joe);

The resulting XML looks like this:

<person>
  <firstname>Joe</firstname>
  <lastname>Walnes</lastname>
  <phone>
    <code>123</code>
    <number>1234-456</number>
  </phone>
  <fax>
    <code>123</code>
    <number>9999-999</number>
  </fax>
</person>

Also See

• JAXB
• where-i-can-find-a-detailed-comparison-of-java-xml-frameworks