Convert xml node to string

The method is used to convert an input xml node like element , attribute, etc to a string value. It can be used in xml parsing applications

/* Method to convert the given xml node to string */
 private String nodeToString(Node node) {
  /* create an object of string writer */
  StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
  try {
   TransformerFactory tranFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
   tranFactory.setAttribute("TransactionType", 3);
   /* create an object of transformer */
   Transformer t = tranFactory.newTransformer();
   /* used to omit the xml declaration */
   t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
   /* specifies the transformation input type like xml, html etc */
   t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
   /* specifes whether transformer can add additional required spaces */
   t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "no");
   /* The actual transform */
   t.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(sw));
  } catch (TransformerException te) {
   System.out.println("nodeToString Transformer Exception");
  }
  return sw.toString();
 }