Java XML Element Get Value getText(final Element element)

Description

Obtains the text of the specified element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the text element.

Return

the text value inside the element.

Declaration

public static String getText(final Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w w. j ava 2s  .c o m*/
 * JaspertReports JSF Plugin Copyright (C) 2011 A. Alonso Dominguez
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
 * your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope
 * that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
 * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 *
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have
 * received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
 * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA A.
 *
 * Alonso Dominguez
 * alonsoft@users.sf.net
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Obtains the text of the specified element.
     *
     * @param element the text element.
     * @return the text value inside the element.
     */
    public static String getText(final Element element) {
        final Node node = element.getFirstChild();
        if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            return node.getNodeValue().trim();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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4. getText(Element node)
5. getText(final Element el)
6. getText(final Element element, final StringBuilder sbuf, final boolean decend)
7. getText(final Element tag)
8. getTextContent(Element e)
9. getTextContent(Element e, String name)