Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get Value

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get Value

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Method

voidgetText(final Element element, final StringBuilder sbuf, final boolean decend)
Get the text content of an element. 
Node node = element.getFirstChild();
while (node != null) {
    switch (node.getNodeType()) {
    case Node.TEXT_NODE:
        sbuf.append(node.getNodeValue());
        break;
    case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
        if (decend) {
...
StringgetText(final Element tag)
Looks for a text child node and returns its value. 
if (tag == null)
    return null;
NodeList lst = tag.getChildNodes();
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
for (int Index = 0, Cnt = lst.getLength(); Index < Cnt; Index++) {
    if (lst.item(Index).getNodeType() == Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE) {
        buf.append(lst.item(Index).getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue());
    if ((lst.item(Index).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
            || (lst.item(Index).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) {
        buf.append(lst.item(Index).getNodeValue());
if (buf.length() == 0)
    return null;
else
    return buf.toString();
StringgetTextContent(Element e)
get Text Content 
String ret = null;
boolean found = false;
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
NodeList childList = e.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = childList.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE)
        continue; 
...
StringgetTextContent(Element e, String name)
get Text Content 
NodeList nl = e.getElementsByTagName(name);
try {
    return (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) ? nl.item(0).getTextContent().trim() : null;
} catch (NullPointerException ex) {
    return null;
StringgetTextContent(Element el)
Returns a string representing the plain text content of an element. 
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (Node child = el.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child instanceof Text) {
        Text childText = (Text) child;
        sb.append(childText.getData());
return sb.toString();
...
StringgetTextContent(Element ele)
get Text Content 
NodeList list = ele.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return node.getTextContent();
return "";
...
StringgetTextContent(Element element)
get Text Content 
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0, max = children.getLength(); i < max; i++) {
    Node node = children.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Text) {
        Text text = (Text) node;
        return text.getData();
return "";
StringgetTextContent(Element element)
Returns the value of any text nodes stored as children of the given element 
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node currentNode = children.item(i);
    if (currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        result.append(currentNode.getNodeValue());
return result.toString();
StringgetTextContent(Element element)
get Text Content 
StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
element.normalize();
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0, n = children.getLength(); i < n; i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        buffer.append(child.getNodeValue());
return buffer.toString().trim();
StringgetTextContent(Element element)
get Text Content 
final NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    final Node node = childNodes.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Text) {
        String textContent = ((Text) node).getWholeText();
        textContent = textContent.trim();
        return textContent;
return null;