Java XML Element Text getSimpleElementText(final Element element, final String nodeName)

Description

get Simple Element Text

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	a parameter
nodeName	a parameter

Return

String

Declaration

public static String getSimpleElementText(final Element element, final String nodeName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
 * University of Manchester/*from www .j a va2 s.  co  m*/
 * Manchester M1 7ND
 * United Kingdom
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2007 University of Manchester
 * 
 * This program is released under the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0.
 * (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/academic.php)
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.*;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * 
     * @param element
     * @param nodeName
     * @return String
     */
    public static String getSimpleElementText(final Element element, final String nodeName) {
        final Element namedElement = getFirstElement(element, nodeName);

        if (namedElement != null) {
            return getSimpleElementText(namedElement);
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @param node
     * @return String
     */
    public static String getSimpleElementText(final Node node) {
        final NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();

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

            if (child instanceof Text) {
                return child.getNodeValue();
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @param element
     * @param nodeName
     * @return Element
     */
    public static Element getFirstElement(final Element element, final String nodeName) {
        final NodeList list = element.getElementsByTagName(nodeName);

        if (list.getLength() == 0) {
            return null;
        }

        return (Element) list.item(0);
    }
}

Related

1. getElementTextValue(Element in)
2. getSimpleElementText(Element element)
3. getSimpleElementText(Element node)
4. getSimpleElementText(Element node)
5. getSimpleElementText(Element node, boolean trim)