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Transform XML JDOM to String

I have a program in which I've created a JDOM document with various elements. I want to take the JDOM Document and extract the stuff inside the element tags ( these things <>) as a string. Any suggestions?

I don't know if I need to use the JDOM transformer or the javax.xml transformer. I don't know how to use either one. Any help would be fantastic.

Here's some of my code:

Document xml;

Element root = new ELement("Login");
Document doc = new Document(root);
root.setTExt(xml);

I'm getting this when I print the document to the console:
<Login>myName</Login>

I need to get myName in a string format.

MogalManic

You can either taverse the JDOM document or write a XSL stylesheet. Traversal should be easier
Element loginElement=(Element)doc.getChild("Login");
String loginValue = loginElement.getText();

To use the transformer, I would suggest using the JAXP API. It will work if you decide to use the W3C DOM with no changes:

StreamSource xslSource=new StreamSource(new File("getLogin.xsl"));
Transformer t=TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(xslSource);

Source xmlSource=new JDOMSource(doc);
Result out=new StreamResult(System.out);
t.transform(xmlSource, out);

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getLogin.xsl:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:template match='/'>
<xsl:value-of select='//Login'/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

trevorhigbee2000

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When I do:

Element loginElement=(Element)doc.getChild("Login");

I get an error:
"The method getChild(String) is undefined for the type Document."

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