Java2XML Application

I was initially looking for a way to convert objects to an XML document and after some experimentation, found this to be a viable solution.This can be useful for various data serialization tasks, data interchange formats, and ensuring data compatibility across different systems.

As I haven't looked at the original Java 8 code in years, I decided to migrate the base to Java 21. This of course means that quite a number of initial processes had to change. I do feel there are some additional boilerplate introduced, however, the project is structured more soundly and makes sense from an API perspective (in my opinion of course).

Standard Maven Build

To build the application, use the following Maven command:

mvn clean package

Run from Your Application Server

1. Deploy the WAR File:

   • Deploy the Java2XML.war file to your application server of choice.
   • This can typically be done by copying the Java2XML.war file to the deployment directory of your server.

2. Access the Application:

   • Start your application server.
   • Open your browser and navigate to the following URL to generate the XML document:

     http://localhost:8080/Java2XML/api/document
     

3. FilePath

   • I've set the path to generate in a temp directory, as opposed to C:\\ for windows. This allows for an OS friendly approach. The path will be set to your application server's temp directory (the path will be generated in the logs).

Note: This application has been tested with Tomcat 10 (version 10.1.24 as of this writing).

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to:

• @AdamBien for providing the original inspiration.
• The comprehensive writeup from FasterXML's GitHub repository for guidance on XML processing with Jackson.