Xmlfomitter

Xmlfomitter is a software utility designed to transform XML documents into a readable, consistently formatted form. It focuses on indentation, line breaks, and the arrangement of attributes while preserving the document's structure and meaning.

Typical features include pretty-printing with configurable indentation (for example, two or four spaces), option to minify output, control over attribute wrapping, preservation of comments and CDATA sections, and optional validation or well-formedness checks using DTD or XML Schema during processing.

Xmlfomitter is commonly distributed as a command-line tool, but many implementations are available as libraries for programming languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript. It can be integrated into editors, build pipelines, or automated workflows to ensure consistent XML formatting across projects.

Because formatting should not change the data content, reliable implementations preserve character data, entity references, namespaces, and processing instructions. Some tools offer streaming processing to handle large documents without loading the entire document into memory.

The term xmlfomitter can refer to any formatter with similar functionality, rather than a single standardized product. Users should verify capabilities, such as handling of mixed content or XML declarations, when selecting a tool. See also: XML formatter, Pretty print, XML minification.