Create XML document using JDOM example

Here's an example to create an XML document using JDOM API. JDOM provides an easy way for manipulating XML documents. 

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The following xml file "library.xml" will be created at the end ;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Library>      <!--Description of books-->      <book id="A111">          <title>Processing XML with Java</title>          <author>Elliotte Rusty Harold</author>          <isbn><![CDATA[123-45-678-3832-6]]></isbn>          <price>55</price>      </book>      <book id="A150">          <title>Java How To Program</title>          <author>Deitel & Deitel</author>          <isbn><![CDATA[978-81-203-3832-6]]></isbn>          <price>70</price>      </book> </Library>

Source Code : 

package com.manoj.examples.xml; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.IOException; import org.jdom.CDATA; import org.jdom.Comment; import org.jdom.Document; import org.jdom.Element; import org.jdom.output.Format; import org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter; /**  * The Class XMLCreator.  * @author Manoj Shrestha  * @contact m.javaprogrammer@gmail.com  */ public class XMLCreator {      public static void main(String[] args) {            // defining root element            Element rootElement = new Element("Library");            Document document = new Document(rootElement);            // defining parent element "book"            Element book = new Element("book");            // defining the child elements of "book"            Element title = new Element("title");                title.addContent("Processing XML with Java");            Element author = new Element("author");                author.addContent("Elliotte Rusty Harold");            Element isbn = new Element("isbn");                isbn.addContent(new CDATA("123-45-678-3832-6"));            Element price = new Element("price");                price.addContent("55");            // adding a comment            rootElement.addContent(new Comment("Description of books"));            // adding attribute to parent element "book"            book.setAttribute("id", "A111");            // adding child elements to parent "book" element            book.addContent(title);            book.addContent(author);            book.addContent(isbn);            book.addContent(price);            // adding element "book" to root element            rootElement.addContent(book);            /**             * the nodes can also be added in cascaded style here, another parent             * element "book" is added to the root element in cascaded style             *             * */            Element book2 = new Element("book");            book2.setAttribute("id", "A150");            book2.addContent(new Element("title").addContent("Java How To Program"));            book2.addContent(new Element("author").addContent("Deitel & Deitel"));            book2.addContent(new Element("isbn").addContent(new CDATA(                      "978-81-203-3832-6")));            book2.addContent(new Element("price").addContent("70"));            // adding second element "book" to root element            rootElement.addContent(book2);            // displaying the XML document in console output            try {                 XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter();                 outputter.setFormat(Format.getPrettyFormat());                 outputter.output(document, System.out);            } catch (IOException e) {                 e.printStackTrace();            }            // saving the XML document in a file            try {                 FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("library.xml");                 XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter();                 outputter.setFormat(Format.getPrettyFormat());                 outputter.output(document, writer);                 writer.close();            } catch (IOException e) {                 e.printStackTrace();            }      } }

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