Java XML Element Get getElementContent(Element element, String defaultStr)

Description

Get the content of the given element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	The element to get the content for.
defaultStr	The default to return when there is no content.

Return

The content of the element or the default.

Declaration

public static String getElementContent(Element element,
        String defaultStr) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w  w  . j  av a 2s .c o m*/
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the content of the given element.
     *
     * @param element The element to get the content for.
     * @return The content of the element or null.
     */
    public static String getElementContent(final Element element)
            throws Exception {
        return getElementContent(element, null);
    }

    /**
     * Get the content of the given element.
     *
     * @param element   The element to get the content for.
     * @param defaultStr The default to return when there is no content.
     * @return The content of the element or the default.
     */
    public static String getElementContent(Element element,
            String defaultStr) throws Exception {
        if (element == null) {
            return defaultStr;
        }

        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("");
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE
                    || children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
                result.append(children.item(i).getNodeValue());
            }
            //         else if ( children.item( i ).getNodeType() == Node.COMMENT_NODE ) {
            //            // Ignore comment nodes
            //         }
        }
        return result.toString().trim();
    }
}

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