Java XML Element Get Value getText(Element element)

Description

get Text

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String getText(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w  w . ja va  2s .  c om
 * Copyright 2009 Kantega AS
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

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

public class Main {
    public static String getText(Element element) {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            if (children.item(i) instanceof Text) {
                buffer.append(((Text) children.item(i)).getData());
            }
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    public static String getText(Element element, String child) {
        String text = "";
        NodeList children = element.getElementsByTagName(child);
        if (children.getLength() > 0) {
            text = getText((Element) children.item(0));
        }

        return text;
    }
}

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