Java XML Element Get Value getText(Element config)

Description

returns the first text child within the node.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getText(Element config) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**//  ww w  . j  a v  a  2 s. c o m
     * returns the first text child within the node.
     */
    public static String getText(Element config) {
        if (config == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("config cannot be null");
        }
        NodeList children = config.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            if (children.item(i) instanceof Text) {
                return children.item(i).getNodeValue();
            }
        }
        // nothing found, return null
        return null;
    }
}

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2. getTagValue(Element e, String tag)
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4. getTagValue(Element element, String tagName)
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6. getText(Element config)
7. getText(Element e)
8. getText(Element el)
9. getText(Element elem)