Special Edition Using Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition

Creating XML Documents with Java

Because an XML document is simply a text file (or a stream of text), you can create one just by using a PrintWriter or even System.out.println. Listing 22.4 shows a simple Java program that prints out an XML document.

Code Listing 22.4. Source Code for PrintXML.java

package usingj2ee.xml; public class PrintXML { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>"); System.out.println("<greeting>"); System.out.println(" Hello XML World!"); System.out.println("</greeting>"); } }

Obviously, there's nothing to printing out an XML file. Now, from a Java Server Page, you have one extra challenge. The content type for an XML page is different from the content type for an HTML page. ...