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Create XML File in Java

High-speed Java library for creating XML file. This is a professional software solution to import and export XLSX, PDF, and many other formats using Java.

Create XML File Using Java

How to create XML file? With Aspose.Cells for Java library, you can easily create XML file programmatically with a few lines of code. Aspose.Cells for Java is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. Java Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files as images, PDF, HTML, ODS, CSV, SVG, JSON, WORD, PPT and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository


<repository>
<id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
<name>Aspose Java API</name>
<url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency


<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-cells</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-cells API</version>
<classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>

How to Create XML in Java

It is easy for the developers to create, load, modify and convert XML files within running different reporting applications for data processing in just a few lines of code.

  1. Create an instance of Workbook class .
  2. Access the relevant worksheet using getWorksheets.get() method.
  3. Select the relevant cell, input the value into the desired cell using the cell name, like A1, B3, etc.
  4. Save the workbook as XML format using the save() method.
 

Sample code shows how to create XML file in Java.


// Create a new workbook
Workbook wkb = new Workbook();

// Access the first worksheet of the workbook.
Worksheet worksheet = wkb.getWorksheets().get(0);

// Add relevant content in the cell
worksheet.getCells().get("A1").putValue("ColumnA");
worksheet.getCells().get("B1").putValue("ColumnB")
worksheet.getCells().get("A2").putValue("ValueA")
worksheet.getCells().get("B2").putValue("ValueB")

// Save the workbook as XML file
wkb.save("Excel.xml"); 

// To enhance the code for further functionalities here are more functions
// getCells() and setValue for modifying the cell content
// getCharts().add() to add charts
// getPivotTables().add() for creating a Pivot Table
// getCells().get(int cell id).setFormula for adding cell level formula
 

Java library to create XML file

We host our Java packages in Maven repositories. ‘Aspose.Cells for Java’ is a common JAR file containing byte-code. Please follow the step-by-step instructions on how to install it to your Java developer environment.

System Requirements

Before running the Java conversion sample source code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

XML What is XML File Format?

XML stands for Extensible Markup Language that is similar to HTML but different in using tags for defining objects. The whole idea behind creation of XML file format was to store and transport data without being dependent on software or hardware tools. Its popularity is due to it being both human as well as machine readable. This enables it to create common data protocols in the form of objects to be stored and shared over network such as World Wide Web (WWW). The "X" in XML is for extensible which implies that the language can be extended to any number of symbols as per user requirements. It is for these features that many standard file formats make use of it such as Microsoft Open XML, LibreOffice OpenDocument, XHTML and SVG.

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Other Supported Spreadsheet Generation

You can also create other Microsoft Excel formats including few listed below.

XLS (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Legacy))
XLSX (Open XML Workbook)
XLSB (Excel Binary Workbook)
XLSM (Macro-enabled Spreadsheet)
XLT (Excel 97 - 2003 Template)
XLTX (Excel Template)
XLTM (Excel Macro-Enabled Template)
CSV (Comma Separated Values)
TSV (Tab Separated Values)
ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)