Java XML Element Value getElementValue(final Element e)

Description

Get the specified element's text value.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
e	The element.

Return

The text value of the specified element.

Declaration

public static String getElementValue(final Element e) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w w .  jav a2 s . c  o m*/
 * Encog Neural Network and Bot Library for Java v1.x
 * http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog/
 * http://code.google.com/p/encog-java/
 * 
 * Copyright 2008, Heaton Research Inc., and individual contributors.
 * See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a full listing of 
 * individual contributors.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This software 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the specified element's text value.
     * @param e The element.
     * @return The text value of the specified element.
     */
    public static String getElementValue(final Element e) {
        for (Node child = e.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
            if (!(child instanceof Text)) {
                continue;
            }
            return child.getNodeValue();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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