I'd recommend xmlOutputter.outputString(mainelement.getContent()).

You could also output the entire mainelement with
outputString(mainelement) and then rip off the outer tags manually.

-jh-

Fabrizio Lippolis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an element and I want to retrieve a String which contains the
> children of my element including their text. For example if I have
> mainelement in this way
>
> <mainelement>
>   <one>one</one>
>   <two>two</two>
> </mainelement>
>
> then I want to get
>
> <one>one</one>
> <two>two</two>
>
> I should also respect the formatting so that if I have
>
> <mainelement>
>   <one>one</one><two>two</two>
> </mainelement>
>
> I should get
>
> <one>one</one><two>two</two>
>
> Any suggestion please?
>
> Best regards,
> Fabrizio
>
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