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To convert a org.w3c.dom.Document to an XML string in Java, you can use the Transformer class provided by the javax.xml.transform package. Here’s a step-by-step guide to achieving this:

    Import the necessary classes:
    Ensure you have the required imports for the transformation.

    java

import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import java.io.StringWriter;

Create a method to perform the conversion:
This method takes a Document object and returns the XML string.

java

public class XMLConverter {
    public static String convertDocumentToString(Document doc) {
        try {
            // Set up a transformer
            TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
            
            // Set up the output properties for the transformer
            transformer.setOutputProperty(javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "no");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
            transformer.setOutputProperty(javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-8");

            // Convert the Document to a string
            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
            transformer.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult(writer));
            
            return writer.getBuffer().toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Use the method in your code:
You can now use this method to convert any Document object to its XML string representation.

java

    import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
    import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
    import org.w3c.dom.Document;

    public class Main {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            try {
                // Sample code to create a Document (for demonstration)
                DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
                DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
                Document doc = dBuilder.newDocument();

                // Adding sample elements to the Document
                org.w3c.dom.Element rootElement = doc.createElement("root");
                doc.appendChild(rootElement);
                org.w3c.dom.Element childElement = doc.createElement("child");
                childElement.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("Sample Text"));
                rootElement.appendChild(childElement);

                // Convert Document to XML String
                String xmlString = XMLConverter.convertDocumentToString(doc);
                System.out.println(xmlString);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

This code will convert a Document to a formatted XML string with proper indentation and encoding. Adjust the output properties as needed based on your requirements.