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. ...

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