Java XML Element Get Value getTextValue(Element node)

Description

Gets the text value contained in an element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	The Element to get the text value of.

Return

The text in the element.

Declaration

public static String getTextValue(Element node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// w  w  w .jav a  2 s  .  co m
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Blake Dickie
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the text value contained in an element.
     *
     * @param node The Element to get the text value of.
     *
     * @return The text in the element.
     */
    public static String getTextValue(Element node) {
        if (node == null) {
            return null;
        }
        NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = nodes.item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == n.TEXT_NODE) {
                return n.getNodeValue();
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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