Android XML Element Value Get getTextNode(Element element)

Description

Returns element's TEXT child node (if it has one).

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the element whose TEXT we need to get.

Return

a Text object containing the specified element's text content.

Declaration

public static Text getTextNode(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w ww .j ava  2s  .  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 {
    /**
     * Returns element's TEXT child node (if it has one).
     * @param element the element whose TEXT we need to get.
     * @return a <tt>Text</tt> object containing the specified element's
     * text content.
     */
    public static Text getTextNode(Element element) {
        return (Text) getChildByType(element, Node.TEXT_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;
    }
}

Related

1. getNodeValue(Element node)
2. getNodeValue(Element node)
3. getText(Element parentNode)
4. getTextTrim(Element elto)
5. getTextTrim(Element elto)
6. getValue(Element element)
7. getValue(Element element, String elementName)