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Returns the value of the child node with the given name

      
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

/**
 * Class with some useful methods on XML document.
 */
public final class XMLUtils {
  /**
   * Returns the value of the child node with the given name.
   * @param base the element from where to search.
   * @param name of the element to get.
   * @return the value of this element.
   */
  public static String getChildStringValueForElement(final Element base, final String name) {
      String value = null;
      NodeList nodeList = base.getChildNodes();
      if (nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
          int length = nodeList.getLength();
          for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
              Node node = nodeList.item(i);

              // Get an element, create an instance of the element
              if (Node.ELEMENT_NODE == node.getNodeType()) {
                  if (name.equals(node.getNodeName())) {
                      // Get value of this child
                      Node elNode = ((Element) node).getFirstChild();
                      if (elNode != null) {
                          value = elNode.getNodeValue();
                          break;
                      }
                  }
              }
          }
      }
      return value;
  }
}








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