Java XML Element to String getStringValueOfElement(Element elem)

Description

Exactly like value-of()

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
elem	a parameter

Return

Concatenation of all descendant text nodes.

Declaration

public static String getStringValueOfElement(Element elem) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w  w w .j a v a  2 s  . co m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2009 DITA2InDesign project (dita2indesign.sourceforge.net)  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Exactly like value-of()
     * @param elem
     * @return Concatenation of all descendant text nodes.
     */
    public static String getStringValueOfElement(Element elem) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        NodeList nodes = elem.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            switch (node.getNodeType()) {
            case Node.TEXT_NODE:
                buf.append(((Text) node).getData());
                break;
            case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
                buf.append(getStringValueOfElement((Element) node));
                break;
            default:
                // Ignore the node
            }

        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. getStringValue(Element ele, String tagName)
2. getStringValue(Element element, String tagName)
3. getStringValue(Element from)
4. getStringValue(final Element element)
5. getStringValueByTagName(Element element, String tagName)
6. getStringValues(Element from, String elementName)
7. getXmlString(Element node)
8. getXMLStringFromNode(Element node)
9. toString(Element e)