Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get Value

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get Value

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Description

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

Method

StringgetTextValue(Element valueEle)
get Text Value 
StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer();
NodeList nl = valueEle.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = nl.item(i);
    if ((item instanceof CharacterData && !(item instanceof Comment)) || item instanceof EntityReference) {
        value.append(item.getNodeValue());
return value.toString().trim();
StringgetTextValue(Element valueEle)
Extracts the text value from the given DOM element, ignoring XML comments. 
Assert.notNull(valueEle, "Element must not be null");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
NodeList nl = valueEle.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = nl.item(i);
    if ((item instanceof CharacterData && !(item instanceof Comment)) || item instanceof EntityReference) {
        sb.append(item.getNodeValue());
return sb.toString();
StringgetTextValue(Element valueEle)
Extract the text symbol from the given DOM element, ignoring XML comments. 
StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer();
NodeList nl = valueEle.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = nl.item(i);
    if (item instanceof CharacterData && !(item instanceof Comment) || item instanceof EntityReference)
        value.append(item.getNodeValue());
return value.toString();
...
StringgetTextValue(final Element elem)
get Text Value 
if (elem == null) {
    return null;
final StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
final NodeList list = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    final Node item = list.item(i);
    if ((item instanceof CharacterData && !(item instanceof Comment)) || item instanceof EntityReference) {
...
StringgetTextValue(final Element element, final String tagName)
get Text Value 
Node n = getNode(element, tagName);
if (n != null) {
    Node child = n.getFirstChild();
    return (child == null) ? "" : child.getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetTextWithoutTrim(Element elem)
get Text Without Trim 
if (elem != null) {
    NodeList childNodes = elem.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        if (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            return childNodes.item(i).getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetTrimmedText(Element element)
Get the trimmed text for an element, which is considered the first Text child element. 
String text = getText(element);
if (text != null)
    return text.trim();
return null;
StringgetTrimmedTextContent(Element element)
get Trimmed Text Content 
return (element != null) ? element.getTextContent().trim() : null;
StringgetTrimmedTextContent(Element element)
get Trimmed Text Content 
return (element != null) ? element.getTextContent().trim() : null;
StringgetTrimmedTextValue(Element valueEle)
Retruns the trimmed text value of the DOM element. 
return getTextValue(valueEle).trim();