Java XML Element Text getElementText(Element element)

Description

Returns the text content of the element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the element which content is to be returned

Return

the text content of the element or empty string if the element has no text content

Declaration

public static String getElementText(Element element) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the text content of the element. Concatenates all text nodes into
     * a single string.
     * 
     * @param element the element which content is to be returned
     * @return the text content of the element or empty string if the element
     *         has no text content
     */
    public static String getElementText(Element element) {

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(10);
        for (Node n = element.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
            if (n instanceof Text) {
                builder.append(((CharacterData) n).getData());
            }
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }
}

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