StAX XML formatting in Java

Question

Is it possible using StAX (specifically woodstox) to format the output xml with newlines and tabs, i.e. in the form:

  
   someData
  &         


        

Answer 1

How about StaxMate:

http://www.cowtowncoder.com/blog/archives/2006/09/entry_21.html

Works well with Woodstox, fast, low-memory usage (no in-memory tree built), and indents like so:

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SMOutputFactory sf = new SMOutputFactory(XMLOutputFactory.newInstance());
SMOutputDocument doc = sf.createOutputDocument(new FileOutputStream("output.xml"));
doc.setIndentation("\n ", 1, 2); // for unix linefeed, 2 spaces per level    
// write doc like:    
SMOutputElement root = doc.addElement("element1");    
root.addElement("element2").addCharacters("someData");    
doc.closeRoot(); // important, flushes, closes output

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