Retrieves the value of that XML element as a string. - Android XML

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Retrieves the value of that XML element as a string.

Demo Code

/*//  w ww. j  a  va 2  s .  c  o m
 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//package com.java2s;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Retrieves the value of that XML element as a string.
     * Returns an empty string whether the element is missing or empty,
     * so you can't tell the difference.
     * <p/>
     * Note: use {@link #getOptionalXmlString(Node, String)} if you need to know when the
     * element is missing versus empty.
     *
     * @param node The XML <em>parent</em> node to parse.
     * @param xmlLocalName The XML local name to find in the parent node.
     * @return The text content of the element. Returns an empty string whether the element
     *         is missing or empty, so you can't tell the difference.
     */
    public static String getXmlString(Node node, String xmlLocalName) {
        Node child = getFirstChild(node, xmlLocalName);

        return child == null ? "" : child.getTextContent(); //$NON-NLS-1$
    }

    /**
     * Returns the first child element with the given XML local name.
     * If xmlLocalName is null, returns the very first child element.
     */
    public static Node getFirstChild(Node node, String xmlLocalName) {

        String nsUri = node.getNamespaceURI();
        for (Node child = node.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child
                .getNextSibling()) {
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
                    && nsUri.equals(child.getNamespaceURI())) {
                if (xmlLocalName == null
                        || xmlLocalName.equals(child.getLocalName())) {
                    return child;
                }
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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