Java XML Element Text getSimpleElementText(Element element)

Description

Returns the text inside an element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	The element.

Return

The text inside the element.

Declaration

public static String getSimpleElementText(Element element) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the text inside an element. Only the child text nodes of this
     * element are collected.
     * @param element The element.
     * @return The text inside the element.
     */
    public static String getSimpleElementText(Element element) {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();

        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);

            if (child instanceof Text) {
                buffer.append(child.getNodeValue());
            }
        }

        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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