XML Declaration not serialized

[Guillaume Jeudy]

Hi,

I'm trying to serialize a DOM using the xalan package. I have a
problem with the XML declaration not getting printed. Here's a snippet
of code showing the initialization of the
org.apache.xalan.serialize.SerializerToXML:

Properties outputFormat =
OutputProperties.getDefaultMethodProperties(Method.XML);
outputFormat.put(OutputProperties.S_KEY_INDENT_AMOUNT, "3");
outputFormat.put(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
outputFormat.put(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "no");
serializer = new SerializerToXML();
serializer.setOutputFormat(outputFormat);

The indent & indent amount properties do work as I see proper
indentation in the serialization output. However the XML declaration
does not appear in the serialized output.

Can someone please help? I can't figure where to output that damn XML
header.

 

[True Gamer]

It is not necessary to use the XML declaration in version 1. You
probably should not use it if it is giving you that kind of problem.