XMLPrinter (ch.usi.si.seart:java-tree-sitter 1.5.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- ch.usi.si.seart.treesitter.printer.XMLPrinter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TreePrinter
```
public class XMLPrinter
extends Object
```
Printer used for generating Extensible Markup Language (XML) representations of trees using an iterative approach. Note that unlike the CLI counterpart, the resulting XML document does not contain the actual source code contents.

Since:

1.2.0

Author:

Ozren Dabić

See Also:

Rust implementation

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String PROLOG

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

XMLPrinter(@NotNull TreeCursor cursor)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`File`	`export()`	Generates a string representation of the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), starting from the node currently pointed to by the cursor, while writing outputs directly to a file.
`String`	`print()`	Generates a string representation of the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), starting from the node currently pointed to by the cursor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - PROLOG
```
public static final String PROLOG
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - XMLPrinter
```
public XMLPrinter(@NotNull
                  @NotNull TreeCursor cursor)
```
- Method Detail
  - print
```
public final String print()
```
    Generates a string representation of the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), starting from the node currently pointed to by the cursor.
    
    Specified by:
    
    print in interface TreePrinter
    
    Returns:
    
    A string representation of the tree
  - export
```
public final File export()
                  throws IOException
```
    Generates a string representation of the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), starting from the node currently pointed to by the cursor, while writing outputs directly to a file.
    
    Specified by:
    
    export in interface TreePrinter
    
    Returns:
    
    A file containing the string of the tree
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs