Java Utililty Methods XML Child Element Text

List of utility methods to do XML Child Element Text

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The list of methods to do XML Child Element Text are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetChildElementTextValue(Node parent, String name)
Returns the text value of a child element with the given name, of the given parent element, or null if the child does not exist or does not have a child text node 
Element child = getChildElement(parent, name);
if (child == null) {
    return null;
Node textNode = child.getFirstChild();
if (textNode == null) {
    return null;
return textNode.getNodeValue();
StringgetChildElementValue(Element p_rootElement, String p_elementName)
get Child Element Value 
Element element = getChildElement(p_rootElement, p_elementName);
if (element == null)
    return null;
return getElementValue(element);
StringgetChildElementValue(Element parent, String name)
Gets the value for the child Element with the indicated name. 
Element elem;
if ((elem = firstChildElement(parent)) == null) {
    return null;
if (elem.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
    return elem.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
while ((elem = nextSiblingElement(elem)) != null) {
...
StringgetChildElementValue(Element parentElm, String elementName, String defaultValue)
get Child Element Value 
String value = getChildElementValue(parentElm, elementName);
if (value == null) {
    return defaultValue;
} else {
    return value;
StringgetChildElementValueByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName)
get Child Element Value By Tag Name 
Element child = getChildElementByTagName(ele, childEleName);
return (child != null ? getTextValue(child) : null);
StringgetChildElementValueByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName)
Utility method that returns the first child element value identified by its name. 
Element child = getChildElementByTagName(ele, childEleName);
return (child != null ? getTextValue(child) : null);
StringgetChildElementValueByTagName(Element parentElement, String childTag)
get Child Element Value By Tag Name 
if (childTag.equals(parentElement.getNodeName())) {
    return getNodeValue(parentElement);
for (Node temp = parentElement.getFirstChild(); temp != null; temp = temp.getNextSibling()) {
    if (temp.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && childTag.equals(temp.getNodeName())) {
        return getNodeValue(temp);
return null;
StringgetChildText(Element elem, String childTagName)
Return content of child element with given tag name. 
NodeList nodeList = elem.getElementsByTagName(childTagName);
int len = nodeList.getLength();
if (len == 0) {
    return null;
return getElementText((Element) nodeList.item(len - 1));
StringgetChildText(Element element, String defaultValue)
Returns the child text of this element, or the default value if there is none. 
Node childNode = element.getFirstChild();
if (childNode == null || !(childNode instanceof Text))
    return defaultValue;
return childNode.getNodeValue();
StringgetChildText(Element element, String nodeName)
Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. 
NodeList ndlist = element.getChildNodes();
Node nd;
String rtnVal = null;
for (int i = 0; i < ndlist.getLength(); i++) {
    nd = (Node) ndlist.item(i);
    if (nd.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && nd.getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) {
        rtnVal = getText(nd);
        break;
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