How to Create XML Document in Java

In this example we will show how to create XML file in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.jdom2.Attribute;
import org.jdom2.Document;
import org.jdom2.Element;
import org.jdom2.output.Format;
import org.jdom2.output.XMLOutputter;

public class CreateXML {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		
		Element student = new Element("student");
		
		Document document = new Document(student);
		
		document.setRootElement(student);
		
		Element person = new Element("person");
		
		person.setAttribute(new Attribute("id", "10000"));
		person.addContent(new Element("name").setText("Alice"));
		person.addContent(new Element("age").setText("18"));
		document.getRootElement().addContent(person);
		
		XMLOutputter xmlOutput = new XMLOutputter();
		
		xmlOutput.setFormat(Format.getPrettyFormat());
		xmlOutput.output(document, new FileWriter("e:tmptest.xml"));
		
		System.out.println("create successfully");
	}

}

Output:

create successfully

References

Imported packages in Java documentation:

• FileWriter
• File
• IOException