Java XML Child Element Text getChildText(final Element parentElem, final String childName)

Description

Gets the text content of a child element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parentElem	The parent element.
childName	The child element name.

Return

The text content or null if none.

Declaration

public static final String getChildText(final Element parentElem, final String childName) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the text content of a child element.
     * @param parentElem The parent element.
     * @param childName The child element name.
     * @return The text content or <tt>null</tt> if none.
     */
    public static final String getChildText(final Element parentElem, final String childName) {
        NodeList childList = parentElem.getElementsByTagName(childName);
        if (childList.getLength() > 0) {
            Node child = childList.item(0);
            return child.getTextContent();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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