Writing XML DOM Document - empty tag

[Krzysztof Nogal]

Hello,

I have following Problem:
I am writing DOM XML Document with usage of Transformer. It runs ok and
produces correct XML file. But I would like the writer to write empty
elements following way:

<element></element>
instead of:
<element />

Is it possible? How can I achieve that? I searched among all
OutputProperties for an option to do that but no result. Any tips?

TIA

Regards,
Krzysztof Nogal

 

[Arvind]

Just curious, why you want to produce empty tags ?

 

[Alex Hunsley]

Hello,

I have following Problem:
I am writing DOM XML Document with usage of Transformer. It runs ok and
produces correct XML file. But I would like the writer to write empty
elements following way:

<element></element>
instead of:
<element />

Is it possible? How can I achieve that? I searched among all
OutputProperties for an option to do that but no result. Any tips?

I've come across this question before, and AFAIK you don't have this
level of control on transformers. There's no option I know of to specify
that you want the <element></element> style.

 

[Krzysztof Nogal]

The goal is to produce the same xml document as referenced document
(which has empty tags and is unchagable). Not only xml structure but
also exact constructs.

regards,
Krzysztof Nogal

 

[Dag Sunde]

The goal is to produce the same xml document as referenced document
(which has empty tags and is unchagable). Not only xml structure but
also exact constructs.

Do you consider it too "rude" to walk the string/buffer afterwards,
and replace <xxx/> with <xxx></xxx>?

It _is_ a solution...

 

[Arvind]

1) You can also write a xsl filter, that looks at empty tags and writes
out <x></x>
2) Did you try packages like castor, digester to find whether they
have any support ?