public void writeTo ( Writer destination ) { Element eltRuleset = new Element ( "ruleset" ) ; addAttribute ( eltRuleset , "name" , name ) ; addChild ( eltRuleset , "description" , description ) ; for ( PmdRule pmdRule : rules ) { Element eltRule = new Element ( "rule" ) ; addAttribute ( eltRule , "ref" , pmdRule . getRef ( ) ) ; addAttribute ( eltRule , "class" , pmdRule . getClazz ( ) ) ; addAttribute ( eltRule , "message" , pmdRule . getMessage ( ) ) ; addAttribute ( eltRule , "name" , pmdRule . getName ( ) ) ; addAttribute ( eltRule , "language" , pmdRule . getLanguage ( ) ) ; addChild ( eltRule , "priority" , String . valueOf ( pmdRule . getPriority ( ) ) ) ; if ( pmdRule . hasProperties ( ) ) { Element ruleProperties = processRuleProperties ( pmdRule ) ; if ( ruleProperties . getContentSize ( ) > 0 ) { eltRule . addContent ( ruleProperties ) ; } } eltRuleset . addContent ( eltRule ) ; } XMLOutputter serializer = new XMLOutputter ( Format . getPrettyFormat ( ) ) ; try { serializer . output ( new Document ( eltRuleset ) , destination ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { throw new IllegalStateException ( "An exception occurred while serializing PmdRuleSet." , e ) ; } }
Serializes this RuleSet in an XML document .