Java/DOM: Get the XML content of a node

Question

I am parsing a XML file in Java using the W3C DOM. I am stuck at a specific problem, I can\'t figure out how to get the whole inner XML of a node.

The node looks lik

Answer 1

To remove unneccesary tags probably such code can be used:

DOMConfiguration config = serializer.getDomConfig(); config.setParameter("canonical-form", true);

But it will not always work, because "canonical-form=true" is optional