public class ReadXml { public void doSomeThing(){ File file = new File("PageOutput.txt"); FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file); PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(fos); XmlParser read = new XmlParser(); List<Item> readConfig = read.readConfig("UnderMaintenanceConfig.xml"); for (Item item : readConfig) { System.setOut(ps); System.out.println(item); } } }