Java XML Child Node Get getChildNodeTextContents(Node node, String name)

Description

get Child Node Text Contents

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getChildNodeTextContents(Node node, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w w w .j a  va2s  . c om
 * Copyright (c) 2007-2008. MB Software Vancouver, Canada. All Rights Reserved.
 * This software is published under the GPL GNU General Public License. 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 
 * 
 * This software was written for 
 * MB Software, margaritabowl.com
 * Vancouver, B.C., Canada 
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

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

public class Main {
    public static String getChildNodeTextContents(Node node, String name) {
        Node tempNode = getChildNode(node, name);
        if (tempNode != null)
            return (tempNode.getTextContent());
        else
            return (null);
    }

    /**
     * only returns the first instance of this child node
     * @param node
     * @param localName
     * @return
     */
    public static Node getChildNode(Node node, String name) {
        NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node temp = nodeList.item(i);
            if (temp.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                continue;
            if (name.equals(temp.getLocalName()) || name.equals(temp.getNodeName()))
                return (temp);
        }

        return (null);
    }

    /**
     * @return a list of all child nodes with this name
     */
    public static ArrayList<Node> getChildNodes(Node node, String name) {
        ArrayList<Node> results = new ArrayList<Node>();

        NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node temp = nodeList.item(i);
            if (temp.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                continue;
            if (name.equals(temp.getLocalName()) || name.equals(temp.getNodeName())) {
                results.add(temp);
            }
        }

        return (results);
    }
}

Related

1. getChildNodesByTagName(final Element element, final String tagName)
2. getChildNodesWithName(Node node, String name)
3. getChildNodeText(Element element, String nodeTagName)
4. getChildNodeText(Node root, String childName)
5. getChildNodeTextContent(Node parentNode, String childElementName)
6. getChildNodeValue(Element node, String tagName)
7. getChildNodeValue(Element root, String childNodeName, String defaultValue)
8. getChildNodeValue(Node node, String elementName)
9. getChildNodeValue(Node root, String childName, boolean emptyStringOnMissingChild)