Java Utililty Methods XML Element Value

List of utility methods to do XML Element Value

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The list of methods to do XML Element Value are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetElementValue(Element elm)
get Element Value 
String elementValue;
NodeList childNodes = elm.getChildNodes();
StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer();
for (int elemCount = 0; elemCount < childNodes.getLength(); elemCount++) {
    if (childNodes.item(elemCount) instanceof org.w3c.dom.Text) {
        value.append(childNodes.item(elemCount).getNodeValue());
elementValue = value.toString();
return elementValue;
StringgetElementValue(Element p_element)
get Element Value 
Node n = p_element.getFirstChild();
if (n != null) {
    return n.getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetElementValue(Element root, String elemName)
get the value of an Element in the Xml Document. 
NodeList nl = root.getElementsByTagName(elemName);
if (null == nl) {
    return (null);
Node n = nl.item(0);
return (n.getFirstChild().getNodeValue().trim());
StringgetElementValue(final Element e)
Get the specified element's text value. 
for (Node child = e.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (!(child instanceof Text)) {
        continue;
    return child.getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetElementValue(final Element target)
returns the text value associated with the element 
final NodeList nodeList = target.getChildNodes();
if (nodeList == null) {
    return null;
for (int current = 0; current < nodeList.getLength(); current++) {
    final Node node = nodeList.item(current);
    if (node instanceof Text) {
        final Text text = (Text) node;
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