Java XML Element Get Value getXMLText(Element element)

Description

Gets the text from an XML element

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the XML element

Return

the XML text

Declaration

static public String getXMLText(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /** Gets the text from an XML element
     * @param element the XML element
     * @return the XML text
     */
    static public String getXMLText(Element element) {
        String text = "";
        NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int index = 0; index < nodeList.getLength(); index++) {
            Node node = nodeList.item(index);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
                text += node.getNodeValue();
            else
                text += getXMLText((Element) node);
        }
        return text;
    }
}

Related

1. getXMLContent(XMLEventReader reader, StartElement element, boolean decodeCharacters)
2. getXmlElementAnnotation(Field field)
3. getXmlElementDecl(Method method)
4. getXMLElementTextValue(Element element, String tagName)
5. getXMLIdentifier(Element element)