I am trying to get a String from the contents of a node using the JAXP 1.1 classes. I have successfully made the trasformation, but the transform is tacking the XML declaration ( <?xml versions=1.1>) onto the beginning of my String, which I don't want to happen. How do I stop it from doing this? Todd Here is the code: DOMSource source; TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(); StringWriter sw=new StringWrite(); StreamResult result = new StreamResult(sw); source=new DOMSource(node); transformer.transform(source, result); StringBuffer sb=sw.getBuffer()   More>>