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import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class CreateXMLInJava {

public static void main(String argv[]) {
CreateXMLInJava createXml = new CreateXMLInJava();
createXml.createXML();
}

public void createXML() {
try {
DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();

// root elements
Document doc = docBuilder.newDocument();
Element rootElement = doc.createElement(“Company”);
doc.appendChild(rootElement);

// staff elements
Element staff = doc.createElement(“Dept”);
rootElement.appendChild(staff);

// set attribute to staff element
Attr attr = doc.createAttribute(“id”);
attr.setValue(“1”);
staff.setAttributeNode(attr);

// can be written as
// staff.setAttribute(“id”, “1”);

// firstname elements
Element firstname = doc.createElement(“Firstname”);
firstname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(“mallik”));
staff.appendChild(firstname);

// lastname elements
Element lastname = doc.createElement(“Lastname”);
lastname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(“Gunda”));
staff.appendChild(lastname);

// salary elements
Element salary = doc.createElement(“Salary”);
salary.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(“100000”));
staff.appendChild(salary);

// write the content into xml file
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new File(“D:\\test.xml”));

// Output to console for testing
// StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);

transformer.transform(source, result);

System.out.println(“File saved!”);

} catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
pce.printStackTrace();
} catch (TransformerException tfe) {
tfe.printStackTrace();
}
}
}