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

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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();
        String result = "";
        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 += children.item(i).getNodeValue();
            } else if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.COMMENT_NODE) {
                // Ignore comment nodes
            }
        }
        return result.trim();
    }
}

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