Is there a simple way to create xml in Java as compared to creating JSON

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In Java to create the JSONObject {"box":"tissue","desk":"wood"} all I need to do is

JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put("box","tissue");
json.put("desk","wood");

And to create the JSONObject {"my-stuff":{"box":"tissue","desk":"wood"}} all I need to do is

JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put("box","tissue");
json.put("desk","wood");

JSONObject myStuff = new JSONObject();
myStuff.put("my-stuff",json);

Then to get the String representations back, I just do json.toString() or myStuff.toString().

I happen to be using org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject; but really that's how JSONObject works.

Is there an equivalently simple way to create XML in Java? If not, still, what's the simplest way to do what I just did -- in XML?

see http://stackoverflow.com/q/4142046/411871 – Anil Bharadia Oct 13 '12 at 17:31 — Anil Bharadia, Oct 13 '12 at 17:31

Sean Patrick Floyd · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-13T19:18:27.867

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I'd suggest Dom4J:

Element root = DocumentHelper.createElement("my-stuff")
Document dom = DocumentHelper.createDocument(root);
root.addElement("box").setText("tissue");
System.out.println(dom.asXml());

edited Oct 13 '12 at 19:18

answered Oct 13 '12 at 17:42

Sean Patrick Floyd

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Thanks for the reply. `setContent` is expecting a list not a string. I am following the link. It has some examples. But I am still not sure how to get `tissuewood`. – kasavbere Oct 13 '12 at 18:28
@kasavbere it's setText, not setContent, sorry. – Sean Patrick Floyd Oct 13 '12 at 19:18

Dave · Answer 2 · 2012-10-13T17:47:22.233

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Surely there is, but if you already have a bunch of json code written anyways, I would suggest simply turning your json into xml, like this: http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/279-how-to-convert-json-to-xml-in-java/

I apologize for not answering your question directly, but unless you've implemented a serialization wrapper, just turning the json into xml is going to save a ton of development time (as opposed to duplicating every line of code where you're adding/pulling from your json objects or - as I alluded to earlier - implementing a serialization wrapper).

edited Oct 13 '12 at 17:47

answered Oct 13 '12 at 17:31

Dave

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Thanks for the suggestiong. I am confident someone will find it useful. But I don't have json objects. – kasavbere Oct 13 '12 at 17:39
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I think this is very useful when you have JSON objects. On the other hand, @kasavbere, I think you can produce your JSONObjects and JSONArrays first, just like you explained on your question, then you can convert them to XML. – Yasin Okumuş Oct 13 '12 at 17:41
That's a great thought. Thanks. – kasavbere Oct 13 '12 at 17:47

sreeni · Answer 3 · 2012-10-13T18:02:32.183

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have you tried Xstream? If you have a well modeled class, then its trivial to generate the xml as a string. You can also customize the output by using annotations.

edited Oct 13 '12 at 18:02

answered Oct 13 '12 at 17:39

sreeni

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 13 '12 at 17:36

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Also, check out Groovy (which is compatible with Java), and it's MarkupBuilder. For an example, see http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pg05199/

answered Oct 13 '12 at 17:36

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Is there a simple way to create xml in Java as compared to creating JSON

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