Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get

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Description

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

Method

ElementgetElementByTagName(Element n, String elementName)
get Element By Tag Name 
int sz = n.getChildNodes().getLength();
ArrayList<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>(sz);
for (int idx = 0; idx < sz; idx++) {
    Node node = n.getChildNodes().item(idx);
    if (node instanceof Element && node.getLocalName().equals(elementName))
        elements.add((Element) node);
if (elements.size() > 0)
...
StringgetElementContent(Element e)
Returns the content of the given element. 
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
for (Node n = e.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    switch (n.getNodeType()) {
    case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
        result.append(getElementContent((Element) n));
        break;
    case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
    case Node.TEXT_NODE:
...
StringgetElementContent(Element elem)
Returns the string content of an element (e.g., xsl:value-of()). 
String resultStr = "";
if (elem != null) {
    NodeList childs = elem.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
        Node child = childs.item(i);
        if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            resultStr = resultStr + echoStartTag((Element) child);
            resultStr = resultStr + getElementContent((Element) child);
...
StringgetElementContent(Element elem)
Returns the string content of an element (e.g., xsl:value-of() except that the markup of subelements is included in the string). 
String resultStr = "";
if (elem != null) {
    NodeList childs = elem.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
        Node child = childs.item(i);
        if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            resultStr = resultStr + echoStartTag((Element) child);
            resultStr = resultStr + getElementContent((Element) child);
...
StringgetElementContent(Element element, String defaultStr)
Get the content of the given element. 
if (element == null)
    return defaultStr;
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
String result = "";
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE
            || children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
        result += children.item(i).getNodeValue();
...
StringgetElementContent(Element element, String defaultStr)
Get the content of the given element. 
if (element == null) {
    return defaultStr;
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("");
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE
            || children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
...
StringgetElementContent(final Element el)
Return the content for the current element. 
return getElementContent(el, true);
StringgetElementContent(final Element element)
Get the content of the given element. 
return getElementContent(element, null);
StringgetElementContent(final Element element, final boolean trim)
get Element Content 
final NodeList nl = element.getChildNodes();
String attributeText = "";
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    final Node n = nl.item(i);
    if (n instanceof Text) {
        attributeText += ((Text) n).getData();
if (trim) {
    attributeText = attributeText.trim();
return attributeText;
StringgetElementContents(Element element, String elementName)
get Element Contents 
Element first = getFirstElement(element, elementName);
if (first != null) {
    return first.getTextContent().trim();
} else {
    return null;