Java XML Element Get Value getXMLElementTextValue(Element element, String tagName)

Description

Parse the text value of the tag with the specified name.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	, the element to parse from, never <code>null</code>
tagName	, the name of the tag, never <code>null</code>

Return

the text value of the tag, null if not exists

Declaration

public static String getXMLElementTextValue(Element element,
        String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**//from   ww  w.  j a  v  a  2  s  .  co m
     * Parse the text value of the tag with the specified name.
     *
     * @param element
     *            , the element to parse from, never <code>null</code>
     * @param tagName
     *            , the name of the tag, never <code>null</code>
     * @return the text value of the tag, <code>null</code> if not exists
     */
    public static String getXMLElementTextValue(Element element,
            String tagName) {
        NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
            Element el = (Element) nl.item(0);
            return el.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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2. getXmlBoolean(Element element, String name)
3. getXMLContent(XMLEventReader reader, StartElement element, boolean decodeCharacters)
4. getXmlElementAnnotation(Field field)
5. getXmlElementDecl(Method method)
6. getXMLIdentifier(Element element)
7. getXMLText(Element element)