Java Utililty Methods XML Child Element Text

List of utility methods to do XML Child Element Text

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Description

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

Method

booleangetChildTextAsBoolean(Element parent, String childName, boolean defValue)
get Child Text As Boolean 
try {
    String value = getChildText(parent, childName);
    if (value != null) {
        if (value.trim().equals("1")) {
            return true;
        if (value.trim().equals("0")) {
            return false;
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BooleangetChildTextAsBooleanObj(Element parent, String childName, Boolean defValue)
Get the text content of a given child name as a java.lang.Boolean value. 
try {
    String value = getChildText(parent, childName);
    if (value != null) {
        return Boolean.valueOf(value);
} catch (Exception ex) {
return defValue;
...
StringgetChildTextByName(Element parent, String name)
Equivalent to getTextContent(getFirstChildByName(e, n)), with a null check. 
Element e = getFirstChildByName(parent, name);
return (e != null) ? getTextContent(e) : null;
StringgetChildTextByTagName(Element e, String tagName)
get Child Text By Tag Name 
Element child = getChildByTagName(e, tagName);
if (child != null) {
    return getText(child);
return null;
StringgetChildTextContent(Element elemenet, String childElemenetName)
get Child Text Content 
return org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils.getChildElementValueByTagName(elemenet, childElemenetName);
StringgetChildTextContent(Element element, String childTagName)
Gets the text content of a child element for a tag name or null if not found. 
Element childElem = getChildElementByTagName(element, childTagName);
return childElem == null ? null : childElem.getTextContent();
ListgetChildTextList(Element elem, String childTagName)
Return list of content Strings of all child elements with given tag name. 
NodeList nodeList = elem.getElementsByTagName(childTagName);
int len = nodeList.getLength();
if (len == 0) {
    return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
} else {
    List list = new ArrayList(len);
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
        list.add(getElementText((Element) nodeList.item(i)));
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TextgetChildTextNode(Element el)
Gets the child text node containing character data for the given DOM element. 
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;
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ListgetChildTextNodes(Element parent)
get Child Text Nodes 
ArrayList<Text> retval = new ArrayList<Text>();
Node n = parent.getFirstChild();
while (n != null) {
    if (n instanceof Text) {
        retval.add((Text) n);
    n = n.getNextSibling();
return retval;
StringgetChildTextNodeValue(Node node)
Returns value of single child text node or null. 
if (node.getChildNodes().getLength() != 1) {
    return null;
Node item0 = node.getChildNodes().item(0);
if (item0.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    return null;
return item0.getNodeValue();
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