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

StringgetElementName(Object obj)
Returns the element name of the spedified object. 
XmlType xmlType = obj.getClass().getAnnotation(XmlType.class);
if (xmlType != null && xmlType.name() != null) {
    return xmlType.name();
return null;
StringgetElementNameSansNamespace(Element element)
get Element Name Sans Namespace 
String name = element.getNodeName();
int colonIndex = name.indexOf(':');
if (colonIndex != -1) {
    return name.substring(colonIndex + 1);
return name;
voidgetElementNamespaces(Element element, Set namespaces)
Gets the namespaces declared on the element and adds them to the specified set. 
NamedNodeMap atts = element.getAttributes();
for (int i = 0; i < atts.getLength(); i++) {
    Attr att = (Attr) (atts.item(i));
    String prefix = att.getPrefix();
    if (prefix != null && prefix.equals("xmlns")) {
        String nsURI = att.getValue();
        namespaces.add(nsURI);
    } else {
...
StringgetElementNamespaceURI(Element element)
get Element Namespace URI 
String namespace = null;
if (element == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("The element cannot be null");
} else {
    try {
        namespace = element.getNamespaceURI();
    } catch (NoSuchMethodError e) {
        String tagName = element.getTagName();
...
ElementgetElementNS(Element el, String nsuri, String name)
get Element NS 
Node node = el.getFirstChild();
while (node != null) {
    if (matchNS(node, nsuri, name)) {
        return (Element) node;
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
ElementgetElementNS(Element elem, String namespaceUri, String localName)
Get the first child with the specified name in the specified namespace. 
NodeList nl = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        if ((node.getNamespaceURI() != null && node.getNamespaceURI().equals(namespaceUri))
                && node.getLocalName().equals(localName)) {
            return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetElementNS(Element root, Set nsUris, String wantedLocalName)
Searches for the first sub-element of the given XML element, which has the given local name and whose namespace belongs to the given set. 
if (root == null) {
    return null;
Node node = root.getFirstChild();
while (node != null) {
    if ((node instanceof Element) && nsUris.contains(node.getNamespaceURI())
            && node.getLocalName().equals(wantedLocalName)) {
        return (Element) node;
...
StringgetElementPath(Element elem)
Get the path to a given element. 
if (elem == null)
    return null;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
Node parent = null;
for (Node node = elem; node != null; node = parent) {
    parent = node.getParentNode();
    if ((node instanceof Element) && (parent instanceof Element)) {
        if (sb.length() > 0)
...
StringgetElementPath(Element element)
Returns absolute xpath for specified element, ignores namespaces 
Node elm = element;
String result = elm.getNodeName() + "[" + getElementIndex(elm) + "]";
while (elm.getParentNode() != null && elm.getParentNode().getNodeType() != Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
    elm = elm.getParentNode();
    result = elm.getNodeName() + "[" + getElementIndex(elm) + "]/" + result;
return "/" + result;
StringgetElementPath(Element element)
Returns absolute xpath for specified element, ignores namespaces 
Node elm = element;
String result = elm.getNodeName() + "[" + getElementIndex(elm) + "]";
while (elm.getParentNode() != null && elm.getParentNode().getNodeType() != Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
    elm = elm.getParentNode();
    result = elm.getNodeName() + "[" + getElementIndex(elm) + "]/" + result;
return "/" + result;