building DOM tree from scratch

[Keith Pajkowski <Ke...@T1Xpert.com>]

We want to convert a data structure to an XML equivalent on the fly, i.e.,
build a DOM tree without actually reading in an XML document. The only
example of this I can find is written in XML4J and made use of the (now
deprecated) class TXDocument. In this example the completed document was
output using the instruction:

     ((TXDocument)doc).printWithFormat(new PrintWriter(System.out));

I looked at the DOMWriter.java example in the latest XerxesJ release. When I
try to output the XML document using OutputStreamWriter, XercesJ prints the
message:
 
     [#document:  null]

Sun's jaxp will not even compile the class, citing "Can't convert
org.w3c.dom.Document to char[]".

Any references you can send would be much appreciated.


Keith Pajkowski
T1Xpert.com
212 771 1059

Re: building DOM tree from scratch

["K.C. Jones" <kj...@phoenix-pop.com>]

Keith,

If you can stomach working with pre-release code, you might
consider JDOM.  (http://www.jdom.org/docs/faq.html)

Using JDOM you can 'convert' your data structure to an XML
document, then 'convert' that XML to a DOM tree.  Unless you
need the XML file, you needn't ever file it out.

Something to consider.

Cheers,
KC