I find the standard Java XML classes to be a bit tedious to use. So I created a utility class of static methods to simplify many of the more frequent tasks.

The main class is just a set of static methods, many of which are simple wrappers to the standard Java XML functions. There is also an XSLT Transformation bean — this provides a simple means of performing XSLT transformation operations. This bean is designed to be used with the SpringRunner class.

For those people who wish to use the library but not modify it, a JAR file containing the classes is available for download. A ZIP file of the Javadoc for the library is also available. And for those who wish to modify the source or just to peruse it, a ZIP file of the entire project (source, Ant build file etc.) is available.

File Name	File Size	File Type
XMLUtil.jar	8,654	JAR file
XMLUtilDoc.zip	33,184	ZIP of Javadoc
XMLUtilProject.zip	19,931	ZIP of source etc.

Do not deep-link to the download files — the URLs include a numeric IP address which may change from time to time.

The XSLTBean class uses the Apache Commons Logging framework. This library must be downloaded separately.

Javadoc for the project may be perused online:

• XMLUtil Javadoc

Please use this only for occasional reference; for repeated use please download the ZIP of the Javadoc (see above). Do not deep-link to the online Javadoc — the URL includes a numeric IP address which may change from time to time.

This software is copyright © 2007, 2008 Peter Wall. It is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.