Java XML Element to String getString(Element element)

Description

get String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getString(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  www. ja v  a 2  s . co  m*/
 * SmartDoc : Ultimate document format based on XML
 *  Copyright (C) 1998  ASAMI, Tomoharu (tasami@ibm.net)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    public static String getString(Element element) {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        _getString(element, buffer);
        return (new String(buffer));
    }

    protected static void _getString(Element element, StringBuffer buffer) {
        NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
        int size = list.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            switch (node.getNodeType()) {

            case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
                _getString(element, buffer);
                break;
            case Node.TEXT_NODE:
                buffer.append(((Text) node).getData());
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

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