/*
 * Copyright 2006 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package org.springframework.xml.transform;

import java.io.StringWriter;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

/**
 * Convenient subclass of <code>StreamResult</code> that writes to a <code>StringWriter</code>. The resulting string can
 * be retrieved via <code>toString()</code>.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @see #toString()
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public class StringResult extends StreamResult {

    public StringResult() {
        super(new StringWriter());
    }

    /** Returns the written XML as a string. */
    public String toString() {
        return getWriter().toString();
    }

}
