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

With Spring Batch this requires a subclass since this JIRA BATCH-1867

public class IndentingStaxEventItemWriter extends StaxEventItemWriter {

  @Setter
  @Getter
  private boolean indenting = true;

  @Override
  protected XMLEventWriter createXmlEventWriter( XMLOutputFactory outputFactory, Writer writer) throws XMLStreamException {
    if ( isIndenting() ) {
      return new IndentingXMLEventWriter( super.createXmlEventWriter( outputFactory, writer ) );
    }
    else {
      return super.createXmlEventWriter( outputFactory, writer );
    }
  }

}

But this requires an additionnal dependency because Spring Batch does not include the code to indent the StAX output:

  net.java.dev.stax-utils
  stax-utils
  20070216