XML Declaration Tag using SimpleXML
I'm starting to use the Simple XML framework with annotations ([link][1]) for Java, but I don't get, how to prelude the XML declaration tag `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>` in the XML file. So my question is: How do I get the XML declaration as first tag?

    package simplexml;
    
    import org.simpleframework.xml.Attribute;
    import org.simpleframework.xml.Element;
    import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
    
    @Root
    public class Example {
    
    	@Element
    	private String text;
    
    	@Attribute
    	private int index;
    
    	public Example(String text, int index) {
    		this.text = text;
    		this.index = index;
    	}
    
    	public String getMessage() {
    		return text;
    	}
    
    	public int getId() {
    		return index;
    	}
    }

Test:

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    		Serializer serializer = new Persister();
    		Example example = new Example("Example message", 123);
    		File result = new File("example.xml");
    
    		try {
    			serializer.write(example, result);
    		} catch (Exception e) {
    			e.printStackTrace();
    		}
    	}
Produces:

    <example index="123">
       <text>Example message</text>
    </example>

What I'd like to have:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    <example index="123">
       <text>Example message</text>
    </example>

Thanks! Also, where could I look such things up?

  [1]: http://simple.sourceforge.net/download/stream/doc/tutorial/tutorial.php#namesoace
XML Declaration Tag using SimpleXML
===

I'm starting to use the Simple XML framework with annotations ([link][1]) for Java, but I don't get, how to prelude the XML declaration tag `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>` in the XML file. So my question is: How do I get the XML declaration as first tag?

    package simplexml;
    
    import org.simpleframework.xml.Attribute;
    import org.simpleframework.xml.Element;
    import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
    
    @Root
    public class Example {
    
    	@Element
    	private String text;
    
    	@Attribute
    	private int index;
    
    	public Example(String text, int index) {
    		this.text = text;
    		this.index = index;
    	}
    
    	public String getMessage() {
    		return text;
    	}
    
    	public int getId() {
    		return index;
    	}
    }

Test:

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    		Serializer serializer = new Persister();
    		Example example = new Example("Example message", 123);
    		File result = new File("example.xml");
    
    		try {
    			serializer.write(example, result);
    		} catch (Exception e) {
    			e.printStackTrace();
    		}
    	}
Produces:

    <example index="123">
       <text>Example message</text>
    </example>

What I'd like to have:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    <example index="123">
       <text>Example message</text>
    </example>

Thanks! Also, where could I look such things up?

  [1]: http://simple.sourceforge.net/download/stream/doc/tutorial/tutorial.php#namesoace