Package: groovy.xml

## [Java] Class XmlUtil

- groovy.xml.XmlUtil

- Used for pretty printing XML content and other XML related utilities.

- - ### Methods Summary

    Methods
    Type Params | Return Type | Name and description
    --- | --- | ---
    `` | `static String` | `escapeControlCharacters(String orig)` Escape control characters (below 0x20) with their XML entities, e.g.
    `` | `static String` | `escapeXml(String orig)` Escape the following characters `" ' & < >` with their XML entities, e.g.
    `` | `static SAXParser` | `newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, Source... schemas)` Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and optionally providing the schema sources to validate with.
    `` | `static SAXParser` | `newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating, Source... schemas)` Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and optionally providing the schema sources to validate with.
    `` | `static SAXParser` | `newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, File schema)` Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and a File containing the schema to validate against.
    `` | `static SAXParser` | `newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating, File schema)` Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and a File containing the schema to validate against.
    `` | `static SAXParser` | `newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, URL schema)` Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and an URL pointing to the schema to validate against.
    `` | `static SAXParser` | `newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating, URL schema)` Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and an URL pointing to the schema to validate against.
    `` | `static String` | `serialize(Element element)` Return a pretty String version of the Element.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(Element element, OutputStream os)` Write a pretty version of the Element to the OutputStream.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(Element element, Writer w)` Write a pretty version of the Element to the Writer.
    `` | `static String` | `serialize(Node node)` Return a pretty String version of the Node.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(Node node, OutputStream os)` Write a pretty version of the Node to the OutputStream.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(Node node, Writer w)` Write a pretty version of the Node to the Writer.
    `` | `static String` | `serialize(GPathResult node)` Return a pretty version of the GPathResult.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(GPathResult node, OutputStream os)` Write a pretty version of the GPathResult to the OutputStream.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(GPathResult node, Writer w)` Write a pretty version of the GPathResult to the Writer.
    `` | `static String` | `serialize(Writable writable)` Return a pretty String version of the XML content produced by the Writable.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(Writable writable, OutputStream os)` Write a pretty version of the XML content produced by the Writable to the OutputStream.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(Writable writable, Writer w)` Write a pretty version of the XML content produced by the Writable to the Writer.
    `` | `static String` | `serialize(String xmlString)` Return a pretty version of the XML content contained in the given String.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(String xmlString, OutputStream os)` Write a pretty version of the given XML string to the OutputStream.
    `` | `static void` | `serialize(String xmlString, Writer w)` Write a pretty version of the given XML string to the Writer.

  - ### Inherited Methods Summary

    Inherited Methods
    Methods inherited from class | Name
    --- | ---
    `class Object` | `wait, wait, wait, equals, toString, hashCode, getClass, notify, notifyAll`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### public static String escapeControlCharacters(String orig)

      Escape control characters (below 0x20) with their XML entities, e.g. carriage return (`Ctrl-M or \r`) becomes `` Notes:

      - Does not escape non-ascii characters above 0x7e
      - Does not treat surrogate pairs specially
      - Does not perform Unicode validation on its input
      Parameters:
        `orig` - the original String
      Returns:
        A new string in which all characters that require escaping have been replaced with the corresponding XML entities.
      See Also:
        escapeXml(String)

    - #### public static String escapeXml(String orig)

      Escape the following characters `" ' & < >` with their XML entities, e.g. `"bread" & "butter"` becomes `"bread" & "butter"`. Notes:

      - Supports only the five basic XML entities (gt, lt, quot, amp, apos)
      - Does not escape control characters
      - Does not support DTDs or external entities
      - Does not treat surrogate pairs specially
      - Does not perform Unicode validation on its input
      Parameters:
        `orig` - the original String
      Returns:
        A new string in which all characters that require escaping have been replaced with the corresponding XML entities.
      See Also:
        escapeControlCharacters(String)

    - #### public static SAXParser newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, Source... schemas)

      Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and optionally providing the schema sources to validate with. The created SAXParser will be namespace-aware and not validate against DTDs.

      throws:
        SAXException
      throws:
        ParserConfigurationException
      Parameters:
        `schemaLanguage` - the schema language used, e.g. XML Schema or RelaxNG (as per the String representation in javax.xml.XMLConstants)
        `schemas` - the schemas to validate against
      Returns:
        the created SAXParser
      See Also:
        newSAXParser(String, boolean, boolean, Source...)
      Since:
        1.8.7

    - #### public static SAXParser newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating, Source... schemas)

      Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and optionally providing the schema sources to validate with.

      throws:
        SAXException
      throws:
        ParserConfigurationException
      Parameters:
        `schemaLanguage` - the schema language used, e.g. XML Schema or RelaxNG (as per the String representation in javax.xml.XMLConstants)
        `namespaceAware` - will the parser be namespace aware
        `validating` - will the parser also validate against DTDs
        `schemas` - the schemas to validate against
      Returns:
        the created SAXParser
      Since:
        1.8.7

    - #### public static SAXParser newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, File schema)

      Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and a File containing the schema to validate against. The created SAXParser will be namespace-aware and not validate against DTDs.

      throws:
        SAXException
      throws:
        ParserConfigurationException
      Parameters:
        `schemaLanguage` - the schema language used, e.g. XML Schema or RelaxNG (as per the String representation in javax.xml.XMLConstants)
        `schema` - a file containing the schema to validate against
      Returns:
        the created SAXParser
      See Also:
        newSAXParser(String, boolean, boolean, File)
      Since:
        1.8.7

    - #### public static SAXParser newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating, File schema)

      Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and a File containing the schema to validate against.

      throws:
        SAXException
      throws:
        ParserConfigurationException
      Parameters:
        `schemaLanguage` - the schema language used, e.g. XML Schema or RelaxNG (as per the String representation in javax.xml.XMLConstants)
        `namespaceAware` - will the parser be namespace aware
        `validating` - will the parser also validate against DTDs
        `schema` - a file containing the schema to validate against
      Returns:
        the created SAXParser
      Since:
        1.8.7

    - #### public static SAXParser newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, URL schema)

      Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and an URL pointing to the schema to validate against. The created SAXParser will be namespace-aware and not validate against DTDs.

      throws:
        SAXException
      throws:
        ParserConfigurationException
      Parameters:
        `schemaLanguage` - the schema language used, e.g. XML Schema or RelaxNG (as per the String representation in javax.xml.XMLConstants)
        `schema` - a URL pointing to the schema to validate against
      Returns:
        the created SAXParser
      See Also:
        newSAXParser(String, boolean, boolean, URL)
      Since:
        1.8.7

    - #### public static SAXParser newSAXParser(String schemaLanguage, boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating, URL schema)

      Factory method to create a SAXParser configured to validate according to a particular schema language and an URL pointing to the schema to validate against.

      throws:
        SAXException
      throws:
        ParserConfigurationException
      Parameters:
        `schemaLanguage` - the schema language used, e.g. XML Schema or RelaxNG (as per the String representation in javax.xml.XMLConstants)
        `namespaceAware` - will the parser be namespace aware
        `validating` - will the parser also validate against DTDs
        `schema` - a URL pointing to the schema to validate against
      Returns:
        the created SAXParser
      Since:
        1.8.7

    - #### public static String serialize(Element element)

      Return a pretty String version of the Element.

      Parameters:
        `element` - the Element to serialize
      Returns:
        the pretty String representation of the Element

    - #### public static void serialize(Element element, OutputStream os)

      Write a pretty version of the Element to the OutputStream.

      Parameters:
        `element` - the Element to serialize
        `os` - the OutputStream to write to

    - #### public static void serialize(Element element, Writer w)

      Write a pretty version of the Element to the Writer.

      Parameters:
        `element` - the Element to serialize
        `w` - the Writer to write to

    - #### public static String serialize(Node node)

      Return a pretty String version of the Node.

      Parameters:
        `node` - the Node to serialize
      Returns:
        the pretty String representation of the Node

    - #### public static void serialize(Node node, OutputStream os)

      Write a pretty version of the Node to the OutputStream.

      Parameters:
        `node` - the Node to serialize
        `os` - the OutputStream to write to

    - #### public static void serialize(Node node, Writer w)

      Write a pretty version of the Node to the Writer.

      Parameters:
        `node` - the Node to serialize
        `w` - the Writer to write to

    - #### public static String serialize(GPathResult node)

      Return a pretty version of the GPathResult.

      Parameters:
        `node` - a GPathResult to serialize to a String
      Returns:
        the pretty String representation of the GPathResult

    - #### public static void serialize(GPathResult node, OutputStream os)

      Write a pretty version of the GPathResult to the OutputStream.

      Parameters:
        `node` - a GPathResult to serialize
        `os` - the OutputStream to write to

    - #### public static void serialize(GPathResult node, Writer w)

      Write a pretty version of the GPathResult to the Writer.

      Parameters:
        `node` - a GPathResult to serialize
        `w` - the Writer to write to

    - #### public static String serialize(Writable writable)

      Return a pretty String version of the XML content produced by the Writable.

      Parameters:
        `writable` - the Writable to serialize
      Returns:
        the pretty String representation of the content from the Writable

    - #### public static void serialize(Writable writable, OutputStream os)

      Write a pretty version of the XML content produced by the Writable to the OutputStream.

      Parameters:
        `writable` - the Writable to serialize
        `os` - the OutputStream to write to

    - #### public static void serialize(Writable writable, Writer w)

      Write a pretty version of the XML content produced by the Writable to the Writer.

      Parameters:
        `writable` - the Writable to serialize
        `w` - the Writer to write to

    - #### public static String serialize(String xmlString)

      Return a pretty version of the XML content contained in the given String.

      Parameters:
        `xmlString` - the String to serialize
      Returns:
        the pretty String representation of the original content

    - #### public static void serialize(String xmlString, OutputStream os)

      Write a pretty version of the given XML string to the OutputStream.

      Parameters:
        `xmlString` - the String to serialize
        `os` - the OutputStream to write to

    - #### public static void serialize(String xmlString, Writer w)

      Write a pretty version of the given XML string to the Writer.

      Parameters:
        `xmlString` - the String to serialize
        `w` - the Writer to write to