/**
* Writes a table to a XML-file
*
* @param t - Output Model
* @param destination - File Destination
*/
public static void writeXML(Model t, String destination) {
try {
// Create the XML document builder, and document that will be used
DocumentBuilderFactory xmlBuilder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder Builder = xmlBuilder.newDocumentBuilder();
Document xmldoc = Builder.newDocument();
// create Document node, and get it into the file
Element Documentnode = xmldoc.createElement("SPREADSHEET");
xmldoc.appendChild(Documentnode);
// create element nodes, and their attributes (Cells, and row/column
// data) and their content
for (int row = 1; row < t.getRows(); row++) {
for (int col = 1; col < t.getCols(col); col++) {
Element cell = xmldoc.createElement("CELL");
// set attributes
cell.setAttribute("column", Integer.toString(col));
cell.setAttribute("row", Integer.toString(col));
// set content
cell.appendChild(xmldoc.createTextNode((String) t.getContent(row, col)));
// append node to document node
Documentnode.appendChild(cell);
}
}
// Creating a datastream for the DOM tree
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
// Indentation to make the XML file look better
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
// remove the java version
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
DOMSource stream = new DOMSource(xmldoc);
StreamResult target = new StreamResult(new File(destination));
// write the file
transformer.transform(stream, target);
} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
System.out.println("Can't create the XML document builder");
} catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
System.out.println("Can't create transformer");
} catch (TransformerException e) {
System.out.println("Can't write to file");
}
}
