XMLWriter.java

package org.apache.archiva.xml;

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import org.dom4j.Document;
import org.dom4j.io.OutputFormat;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * XMLWriter - Making writing XML files easier. 
 *
 *
 */
public class XMLWriter
{
    /**
     * Write the Document to the provided Writer, leaving the Writer open.
     * 
     * @param doc the document to write.
     * @param writer the writer to write to.
     * @throws XMLException if there was a problem writing the xml to the writer.
     */
    public static void write( Document doc, Writer writer )
        throws XMLException
    {
        write( doc, writer, false );
    }

    /**
     * Write the Document to the provided Writer, with an option to close the writer upon completion.
     * 
     * @param doc the document to write.
     * @param writer the writer to write to.
     * @param close true to close the writer on completion.
     * @throws XMLException if there was a problem writing the xml to the writer.
     */
    public static void write( Document doc, Writer writer, boolean close )
        throws XMLException
    {
        org.dom4j.io.XMLWriter xmlwriter = null;

        try
        {
            OutputFormat outputFormat = OutputFormat.createPrettyPrint();
            xmlwriter = new org.dom4j.io.XMLWriter( writer, outputFormat );
            xmlwriter.write( doc );
            xmlwriter.flush();
        }
        catch ( IOException e )
        {
            throw new XMLException( "Unable to write xml contents to writer: " + e.getMessage(), e );
        }
        finally
        {
            if ( close && ( xmlwriter != null ) )
            {
                try
                {
                    xmlwriter.close();
                }
                catch ( IOException e )
                {
                    /* quietly ignore */
                }
            }
        }
    }
}