public static String generate(List<VarNode> nodes) {
try {
DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
// root elements
Document doc = docBuilder.newDocument();
doc.setXmlStandalone(true);
Element rootElement = doc.createElement("vars");
doc.appendChild(rootElement);
for (VarNode varNode : nodes) {
// staff elements
Element nodeElement = doc.createElement("var");
rootElement.appendChild(nodeElement);
nodeElement.setAttribute("name", varNode.getName());
nodeElement.setAttribute("nodetype", varNode.getNodeType());
nodeElement.setAttribute("javatype", varNode.getJavaType());
nodeElement.setAttribute("value", varNode.getValue());
nodeElement.setAttribute("uuid", varNode.getUuid());
}
// write the content into xml file
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
transformer.transform(source, new StreamResult(writer));
String output = writer.getBuffer().toString().replaceAll("\n|\r", "");
return output;
} catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
pce.printStackTrace();
} catch (TransformerException tfe) {
tfe.printStackTrace();
}
return "";
}
