Java XML Child Element Text getChildElementText(Element element, String name)

Description

Returns the text content for the child element with the specified name for the specified element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the parent element
name	the name of the child element to return

Return

the text content for the child element or null if a child element with the specified name could not be found

Declaration

public static String getChildElementText(Element element, String name)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w w  .  j  a v a2 s .  c  o  m*/
 * Copyright 2017 Marcus Portmann
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the text content for the child element with the specified name for the specified
     * element.
     *
     * @param element the parent element
     * @param name    the name of the child element to return
     *
     * @return the text content for the child element or <code>null</code> if a child element with
     *         the specified name could not be found
     */
    public static String getChildElementText(Element element, String name) {
        NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();

        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodeList.item(i);

            if (node instanceof Element) {
                Element childElement = (Element) node;

                if (childElement.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
                    return childElement.getTextContent();
                }
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}