Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2003, 2004 ONCE Corporation * * LICENSE: * This file is part of BuilditMPI. It may be redistributed and/or modified * under the terms of the Common Public License, version 1.0. * You should have received a copy of the Common Public License along with this * software. See LICENSE.txt for details. Otherwise, you may find it online at: * http://www.oncecorp.com/CPL10/ or http://opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php * * DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY: * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS". THE AUTHOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR * WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, * IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT * LIMITATION, LOST REVENUE, PROFITS OR DATA, OR FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, * CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS * OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO ANY FURNISHING, * PRACTICING, MODIFYING OR ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAVE * BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. * * ----------------------------------------------------- * $Id$ */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * This method returns the first element text from the document. * @param document The document. * @param tagName The element name. * @return The text contained in the first element. */ public static String getFirstElementText(Document document, String tagName) { Element element = getFirstElement(document, tagName); if (element != null) { return getText(element); } else { return null; } } /** * This method returns the first element from the document. * @param document The document. * @param tagName The element name. * @return The element object. */ public static Element getFirstElement(Document document, String tagName) { NodeList nodes = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName); if (nodes != null && nodes.getLength() != 0) { return (Element) nodes.item(0); } else { return null; } } /** * Looks for a text child node and returns its value. * * @param tag - XML element * @return - the text String of the tag */ public static String getText(final Element tag) { if (tag == null) return null; NodeList lst = tag.getChildNodes(); StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); for (int Index = 0, Cnt = lst.getLength(); Index < Cnt; Index++) { if (lst.item(Index).getNodeType() == Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE) { buf.append(lst.item(Index).getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue()); } if ((lst.item(Index).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) || (lst.item(Index).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) { buf.append(lst.item(Index).getNodeValue()); } } if (buf.length() == 0) return null; else return buf.toString(); } }