Java Utililty Methods XML Element Text

Element e = getElement(element, tagName, namespace);
if (e != null) {
    String text = ((Element) e).getTextContent().trim();
    if (text != null) {
        text = text.trim();
        if (text.length() > 0) {
            return text;
return null;

Node node = elm.getFirstChild();
if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
    return node.getNodeValue();
return null;

Node node = elm.getFirstChild();
if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    return node.getNodeValue();
return null;

Node node = elm.getFirstChild();
if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
    return node.getNodeValue();
return null;

NodeList childNodes = n.getChildNodes();
String result = new String();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = childNodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        result += node.getNodeValue();
return result;

if (namedElement == null) {
    return null;
String text = namedElement.getTextContent();
return (text.isEmpty()) ? null : text;

NodeList nameList = root.getElementsByTagName(tagname);
if (nameList.getLength() > 0) {
    Node text = nameList.item(0).getFirstChild();
    while ((text != null) && !(text instanceof Text)) {
        text = text.getNextSibling();
    if (text == null) {
        return null;
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final StringBuffer elementText = new StringBuffer(256);
for (Node childNode = element.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
    if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        final Text textNode = (Text) childNode;
        elementText.append(textNode.getData());
    } else if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
        final CDATASection cdataNode = (CDATASection) childNode;
        elementText.append(cdataNode.getData());
...

Element subEl = getElementByTagName(n, elementName);
if (subEl != null)
    return getElementText(subEl);
return null;

String result = null;
try {
    result = getElementTextData(element);
    if (unindent)
        result = unindentTextData(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
return result;
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