Android XML Element Value Get getCData(Element element)

Description

Extract the CDATA content of the specified element.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the element whose data we need

Return

a String containing the CDATA value of element.

Declaration

public static String getCData(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w w .  j a v  a2  s  .c  o  m*/
 * Jitsi, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
 *
 * Distributable under LGPL license.
 * See terms of license at gnu.org.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Extract the CDATA content of the specified element.
     * @param element the element whose data we need
     * @return a String containing the CDATA value of element.
     */
    public static String getCData(Element element) {
        CDATASection text = getCDataNode(element);

        return (text == null) ? null : text.getData().trim();
    }

    /**
     * Returns element's CDATA child node (if it has one).
     * @param element the element whose CDATA we need to get.
     * @return a CDATASection object containing the specified element's CDATA
     * content
     */
    public static CDATASection getCDataNode(Element element) {
        return (CDATASection) getChildByType(element,
                Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE);
    }

    /**
     * Returns first of the <tt>element</tt>'s child nodes that is of type
     * <tt>nodeType</tt>.
     * @param element the element whose child we need.
     * @param nodeType the type of the child we need.
     * @return a child of the specified <tt>nodeType</tt> or null if none
     * was found.
     */
    public static Node getChildByType(Element element, short nodeType) {
        if (element == null)
            return null;

        NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
        if (nodes == null || nodes.getLength() < 1)
            return null;

        Node node;
        String data;
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            node = nodes.item(i);
            short type = node.getNodeType();
            if (type == nodeType) {
                if (type == Node.TEXT_NODE
                        || type == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
                    data = ((Text) node).getData();
                    if (data == null || data.trim().length() < 1)
                        continue;
                }

                return node;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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