Java XML Child Element Create getOrCreateFirstTextChild(Element node)

Description

get Or Create First Text Child

License

Apache License

Declaration

private static Text getOrCreateFirstTextChild(Element node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    private static Text getOrCreateFirstTextChild(Element node) {
        NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child instanceof Text) {
                return (Text) child;
            }
        }
        Text result = node.getOwnerDocument().createTextNode("");
        node.appendChild(result);
        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. createChildElement(final String tagName, final Node parent, final Document document)
2. createChildElement(String tagName, Element parentElement)
3. createTextChild(Node elem, String elemName, Boolean text)
4. getChildElementByChain(Element element, String[] chain, boolean create)
5. getOrCreateChildNode(IIOMetadataNode parentNode, String name)
6. hasActivityChildNodeWithCreateInstanceSet(Node node)