Eclipse XML Detail Formatter

README

When dealing with XML variables (Document, Node, Element) in the debug view of Eclipse
it can be handy to see the actual XML instead of the object model. Eclipse's Detail
Formatter feature makes this possible.

* Right click on the xml object in question
* Select "New Detail Formatter"
* Paste the code below into the Detail Formatter Code Snippet
* Enjoy!

XmlDetailFormatter.java

if (this == null) return null;

javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory tf = javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory.newInstance(); 
javax.xml.transform.Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
transformer.setOutputProperty( javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
transformer.setOutputProperty("encoding", "UTF-8");
transformer.setOutputProperty(javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.INDENT,"yes");
transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "3" );

javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource source = new javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource(this);
if (source == null) return "Corrupted XML document: " + this.toString();

java.io.StringWriter os = new java.io.StringWriter();
javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult result = new javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult(os);
transformer.transform(source,result);

return os.toString ();

For dealing with a jdom Document, I've modified your Detail Formatter:

if (this == null) return null;

javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory tf = javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory.newInstance(); 
javax.xml.transform.Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
transformer.setOutputProperty( javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
transformer.setOutputProperty("encoding", "UTF-8");
transformer.setOutputProperty(javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys.INDENT,"yes");
transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "3" );

org.w3c.dom.Document newDoc = new org.jdom.output.DOMOutputter().output(this);
javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource source = new javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource(newDoc);
if (source == null) return "Corrupted XML document: " + this.toString();

java.io.StringWriter os = new java.io.StringWriter();
javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult result = new javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult(os);
transformer.transform(source,result);

return os.toString ();