diff -r e2f24eea8543 -r 2bba68ef47c1 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/AbstractXmlFormatter.java
--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/AbstractXmlFormatter.java	Sat Aug 15 10:20:39 2015 +0200
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/AbstractXmlFormatter.java	Sat Aug 15 10:34:18 2015 +0200
@@ -47,17 +47,14 @@
  *
  * @author Ing. František Kučera (frantovo.cz)
  */
-@PropertyDeclaration(name = COLORFUL, type = Boolean.class, description = COLORFUL_DESCRIPTION)
-@PropertyDeclaration(name = AbstractXmlFormatter.PROPERTY_INDENT, type = String.class, description = "tab or sequence of spaces used for indentation of nested elements")
-@PropertyDeclaration(name = AbstractXmlFormatter.PROPERTY_INDENT_TEXT, type = Boolean.class, description = "whether to indent text nodes")
+@PropertyDeclaration(name = COLORFUL, defaultValue = "false", type = Boolean.class, description = COLORFUL_DESCRIPTION)
+@PropertyDeclaration(name = AbstractXmlFormatter.PROPERTY_INDENT, defaultValue = AbstractXmlFormatter.PROPERTY_INDENT_DEFAULT, type = String.class, description = "tab or sequence of spaces used for indentation of nested elements")
+@PropertyDeclaration(name = AbstractXmlFormatter.PROPERTY_INDENT_TEXT, defaultValue = "true", type = Boolean.class, description = "whether text with line breaks should be indented; if not original whitespace will be preserved.")
 public abstract class AbstractXmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter {
 
 	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AbstractXmlFormatter.class.getName());
 	public static final String PROPERTY_INDENT = "indent";
-	/**
-	 * Whether text with line breaks should be indented (default). Otherwise original whitespace
-	 * will be preserved.
-	 */
+	protected static final String PROPERTY_INDENT_DEFAULT = "\t";
 	public static final String PROPERTY_INDENT_TEXT = "indentText";
 	private static final TerminalColor ELEMENT_COLOR = TerminalColor.Magenta;
 	private static final TerminalColor ATTRIBUTE_NAME_COLOR = TerminalColor.Green;
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@
 		super(formatterContext);
 		boolean colorful = formatterContext.getProperties().getBoolean(COLORFUL, false);
 		out = new ColorfulPrintWriter(formatterContext.getOutputStream(), false, colorful);
-		indent = formatterContext.getProperties().getString(PROPERTY_INDENT, "\t");
+		indent = formatterContext.getProperties().getString(PROPERTY_INDENT, PROPERTY_INDENT_DEFAULT);
 		indentText = formatterContext.getProperties().getBoolean(PROPERTY_INDENT_TEXT, true);
 
 		if (!indent.matches("\\s*")) {