Wrong order of xml tags created while writing xml to a file

[Akram Chotu]

I am trying to write xml to a file using below code:

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DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = builder.newDocument();
 
// Insert the root element node
Element element = doc.createElement("StateCollateralStandards");
doc.appendChild(element);
 
for (int t=0; t<statesCount; t++)
{
Element stateElement = doc.createElement("State");
element.appendChild(stateElement);
 
String stateName = request.getParameter(t+"*statename");
stateElement.setAttribute("State1", stateName);
 
String aircraft = request.getParameter(t+"*A");
stateElement.setAttribute("A", aircraft);
 
String mortgage = request.getParameter(t+"*M");
stateElement.setAttribute("M", mortgage);
 
String negotiable = request.getParameter(t+"*N");
stateElement.setAttribute("N", negotiable);
 
String other = request.getParameter(t+"*O");
stateElement.setAttribute("O", other);
 
String title = request.getParameter(t+"*T");
stateElement.setAttribute("T", title);
 
String ucc = request.getParameter(t+"*U");
stateElement.setAttribute("U", ucc);
 
String vessel = request.getParameter(t+"*V");
stateElement.setAttribute("V", vessel);
 
String loanlevel = request.getParameter(t+"*Z");
stateElement.setAttribute("Z", loanlevel);
}
 
// Prepare the DOM document for writing
Source source = new DOMSource(doc);
 
// Prepare the output file
File file = new File("c:\\state.collateral.standard4.xml");
Result result = new StreamResult(file);
 
// Write the DOM document to the file
Transformer xformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
xformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
xformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");        
xformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
xformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.STANDALONE, "yes");
 
xformer.transform(source, result);
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Using above code I am expecting below xml file to be generated:

<StateCollateralStandards>
  <State State1="AL" A="90" M="60" N="10" O="60"  T="50" U="30" V="140" Z="40" /> 
  <State State1="AL" A="90" M="120" N="10" O="120" T="100" U="60" V="140" Z="40" /> 
</StateCollateralStandards>

but instead I am getting below xml file:

<StateCollateralStandards>
  <State  A="90" M="60" N="10" O="60" State1="AL" T="50" U="30" V="140" Z="40" /> 
  <State  A="90" M="120" N="10" O="120" State1="AL" T="100" U="60" V="140" Z="40" /> 
</StateCollateralStandards>

Can anyone please tell me what is that I am missing?


Thank you for your time and reply.

[Srivatsa Katta]

Hi,

Why is the order of attributes so much important for you?

What the code is generating and what you are expecting are the same.

In XML terminology they both are identical XML instances.

-Katta

[Ulf Dittmer]

You're not missing anything. According to the XML specification, the order of attributes has no significance, so any XML processor is free to order them as it pleases.

[Akram Chotu]

Thank you.