Java XML CData getCharacterData(Element el)

Description

Gets the character data corresponding to the given DOM element.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getCharacterData(Element el) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /** Gets the character data corresponding to the given DOM element. */
    public static String getCharacterData(Element el) {
        Text text = getChildTextNode(el);
        return text == null ? null : text.getData();
    }//from w w  w  . ja v a  2 s. c  om

    /**
     * Gets the child text node containing character data
     * for the given DOM element.
     */
    public static Text getChildTextNode(Element el) {
        if (el == null)
            return null;
        NodeList list = el.getChildNodes();
        int size = list.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            if (!(node instanceof Text))
                continue;
            return (Text) node;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. createNewCDATAElement(Node elem, String tag, String value)
2. getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
3. getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
4. getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
5. getCharacterDataFromElementWithKey(final Element element, final String key)