Java XML Child Element Text getChildText(Node node)

Description

Returns the concatenated child text of the specified node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	The node to look at.

Declaration

public static String getChildText(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w ww  .  j a  va  2  s.  co m*/
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the concatenated child text of the specified node.
     * This method only looks at the immediate children of type
     * <code>Node.TEXT_NODE</code> or the children of any child
     * node that is of type <code>Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE</code>
     * for the concatenation.
     *
     * @param node The node to look at.
     */
    public static String getChildText(Node node) {

        // is there anything to do?
        if (node == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // concatenate children text
        StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer();
        Node child = node.getFirstChild();
        while (child != null) {
            short type = child.getNodeType();
            if (type == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                str.append(child.getNodeValue());
            } else if (type == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
                str.append(getChildText(child));
            }
            child = child.getNextSibling();
        }

        // return text value
        return str.toString();

    }
}

Related

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2. getChildText(final Node node)
3. getChildText(final Node node)
4. getChildText(Node node)
5. getChildText(Node node)
6. getChildText(Node parent, String childName)
7. getChildTextAsBoolean(Element parent, String childName, boolean defValue)
8. getChildTextAsBooleanObj(Element parent, String childName, Boolean defValue)
9. getChildTextByName(Element parent, String name)