1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
index ac22b4310..460658c5b 100644
--- a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
@@ -466,6 +466,25 @@ public class DOMUtils {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Serialize the given DOM node.
+   * 
+   * The node will be serialized using the UTF-8 encoding.
+   * 
+   * @param node The node to serialize.
+   * @param omitXmlDeclaration The boolean value for omitting the XML Declaration.
+   * @param lineSeperator Sets the line seperator String of the parser
+   * @return String The <code>String</code> representation of the given DOM
+   * node.
+   * @throws TransformerException An error occurred transforming the
+   * node to a <code>String</code>.
+   * @throws IOException An IO error occurred writing the node to a byte array.
+   */
+  public static String serializeNode(Node node, boolean omitXmlDeclaration, String lineSeperator)
+    throws TransformerException, IOException {
+    return new String(serializeNode(node, "UTF-8", omitXmlDeclaration, lineSeperator), "UTF-8");
+  }
+  
+  /**
    * Serialize the given DOM node to a byte array.
    * 
    * @param node The node to serialize.
@@ -495,6 +514,25 @@ public class DOMUtils {
    */
   public static byte[] serializeNode(Node node, String xmlEncoding, boolean omitDeclaration)
     throws TransformerException, IOException {
+    return serializeNode(node, xmlEncoding, false, null);
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Serialize the given DOM node to a byte array.
+   * 
+   * @param node The node to serialize.
+   * @param xmlEncoding The XML encoding to use.
+   * @param omitDeclaration The boolean value for omitting the XML Declaration.
+   * @param lineSeperator Sets the line seperator String of the parser
+   * @return The serialized node, as a byte array. Using a compatible encoding
+   * this can easily be converted into a <code>String</code>.
+   * @throws TransformerException An error occurred transforming the node to a 
+   * byte array.
+   * @throws IOException An IO error occurred writing the node to a byte array.
+   */
+  public static byte[] serializeNode(Node node, String xmlEncoding, boolean omitDeclaration, String lineSeperator)
+    throws TransformerException, IOException {
 
     TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
     Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
@@ -504,6 +542,9 @@ public class DOMUtils {
     transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, xmlEncoding);
     String omit = omitDeclaration ? "yes" : "no";
     transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, omit);
+    if (null!=lineSeperator) {
+      transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xalan}line-separator", lineSeperator);//does not work for xalan <= 2.5.1
+    }
     transformer.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(bos));
 
     bos.flush();