It is now possible to disable indentation for individual elements.

Author: teetrinkers

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/Formatter.java

@@ -159,17 +159,20 @@ public void writeComment(String comment) throws Exception {
     * front of the tag, this is done for all but the first start tag.
     * 
     * @param name this is the name of the start tag to be written
+    * @param indent set to <code>false</code> if indentation should be omitted.
     *
     * @throws Exception thrown if there is an I/O exception
     */ 
-   public void writeStart(String name, String prefix) throws Exception{
+   public void writeStart(String name, String prefix, boolean indent) throws Exception{
       String text = indenter.push();
 
       if(last == Tag.START) {
          append('>');    
       }        
       flush();
-      append(text);
+      if (indent) {
+    	 append(text);
+      }
       append('<');
 
       if(!isEmpty(prefix)) {
@@ -270,17 +273,18 @@ public void writeText(String text, Mode mode) throws Exception{
     * some text was written then a full end tag is written.
     *
     * @param name this is the name of the element to be closed
+    * @param indent set to <code>false</code> if indentation should be omitted.
     *
     * @throws Exception thrown if there is an I/O exception
     */ 
-   public void writeEnd(String name, String prefix) throws Exception {
+   public void writeEnd(String name, String prefix, boolean indent) throws Exception {
       String text = indenter.pop();
 
       if(last == Tag.START) {
          write('/');
          write('>');
       } else {                       
-         if(last != Tag.TEXT) {
+         if(last != Tag.TEXT && indent) {
             write(text);   
          }                        
          if(last != Tag.START) {

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/IndentationMode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.simpleframework.xml.stream;
+
+public enum IndentationMode {
+	ENABLED,
+	DISABLED
+}

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/NodeWriter.java

@@ -276,8 +276,12 @@ private void writeName(OutputNode node) throws Exception {
       String prefix = node.getPrefix(verbose);
       String name = node.getName();
 
+      // Don't indent if it is disabled on the parent.
+	  boolean indent = node.getParent() == null || node.getParent()
+	     .getIndentationMode() == IndentationMode.ENABLED;
+      
       if(name != null) {
-         writer.writeStart(name, prefix);
+         writer.writeStart(name, prefix, indent);
       }
    }
 
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ private void writeEnd(OutputNode node) throws Exception {
          writeValue(node);
       }
       if(name != null) {
-         writer.writeEnd(name, prefix);
+         writer.writeEnd(name, prefix, node.getIndentationMode() == IndentationMode.ENABLED);
          writer.flush();
       }
    }

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/OutputAttribute.java

@@ -350,4 +350,11 @@ public boolean isCommitted() {
    public String toString() {
        return String.format("attribute %s='%s'", name, value);
    }
+   
+   public IndentationMode getIndentationMode() {
+      return null;
+   }
+   
+   public void setIndentationMode(IndentationMode mode) {
+   }
 }

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/OutputDocument.java

@@ -361,4 +361,11 @@ public void commit() throws Exception {
    public boolean isCommitted() {
       return stack.isEmpty();
    }
+   
+   public IndentationMode getIndentationMode() {
+      return null;
+   }
+   
+   public void setIndentationMode(IndentationMode mode) {
+   }
 }

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/OutputElement.java

@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ class OutputElement implements OutputNode {
     */
    private Mode mode;
 
+   /**
+    * The {@link IndentationMode} is used to indicate if the serializer should apply indentation
+    * when writing this node. If the mode is disabled, this node will not be indented. If the mode
+    * is enabled, the indentation set in the {@link Format} will be applied.
+    */
+   private IndentationMode indentationMode;
+   
    /**
     * Constructor for the <code>OutputElement</code> object. This is
     * used to create an output element that can create elements for
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ public OutputElement(OutputNode parent, NodeWriter writer, String name) {
       this.writer = writer;           
       this.parent = parent;
       this.name = name;
+      this.indentationMode = IndentationMode.ENABLED;
    }     
 
    /**
@@ -389,4 +397,12 @@ public boolean isCommitted() {
    public String toString() {
       return String.format("element %s", name);
    }
+
+   public IndentationMode getIndentationMode() {
+      return indentationMode;
+   }
+
+   public void setIndentationMode(IndentationMode mode) {
+      this.indentationMode = mode;
+   }
 }

src/main/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/OutputNode.java

@@ -241,4 +241,19 @@ public interface OutputNode extends Node {
     * @return true if this node has already been committed
     */
    boolean isCommitted();
+   
+   /**
+    * The {@link IndentationMode} is used to indicate if the serializer should apply indentation
+    * when writing this node. If the mode is disabled, this node will not be indented. If the mode
+    * is enabled, the indentation set in the {@link Format} will be applied. The default is to
+    * enable indentation
+    */
+   IndentationMode getIndentationMode();
+   
+   /**
+    * The {@link IndentationMode} is used to indicate if the serializer should apply indentation
+    * when writing this node. If the mode is disabled, this node will not be indented. If the mode
+    * is enabled, the indentation set in the {@link Format} will be applied.
+    */
+   void setIndentationMode(IndentationMode mode);
 }

src/test/java/org/simpleframework/xml/stream/DisableIndentationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.simpleframework.xml.stream;
+
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+
+import org.simpleframework.xml.ValidationTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Indentation can be disabled on individual nodes.
+ */
+public class DisableIndentationTest extends ValidationTestCase {
+	public static final String EXPECTED = 
+		"<root>\n"+
+		"  <a><b>B</b></a>\n" +
+		"</root>";
+
+	public void testMixedContent() throws Exception {
+		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+		OutputNode root = NodeBuilder.write(out, new Format(2))
+			.getChild("root");
+
+		OutputNode a = root.getChild("a");
+		a.setIndentationMode(IndentationMode.DISABLED);
+
+		OutputNode b = a.getChild("b");
+		b.setValue("B");
+		
+		root.commit();
+		validate(out.toString());
+
+		assertEquals(EXPECTED, out.toString());
+	}
+}