Java XML First Child Element getFirstTextChild(Node n)

Description

Return the first text child node of a given node Returns null if there is no text child node

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
n	a parameter

Declaration

public static Node getFirstTextChild(Node n) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the first text child node of a given node
     * Returns null if there is no text child node
     * @param n
     * @return
     */
    public static Node getFirstTextChild(Node n) {
        NodeList children = n.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node currentChild = children.item(i);
            if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                return currentChild;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Return the first text child of a node that contains the given text
     * Returns null if no such child exists
     * @param n
     * @param text
     * @return
     */
    public static Node getFirstTextChild(Node n, String text) {
        NodeList children = n.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node currentChild = children.item(i);
            String nodeValue = currentChild.getNodeValue();
            if (nodeValue != null && nodeValue.equalsIgnoreCase(text)) {
                return currentChild;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getFirstNamedChild(Node node, String name)
2. getFirstNamedChildNode(Element element, String string)
3. getFirstNamedChildNode(Node root, String nodeName)
4. getFirstNontextChild(Node d)
5. getFirstNonTextChild(Node root)
6. getFirstTextChild(Node node)
7. getFirstVisibleChildElement(Node parent)
8. getValueOfFirstElementChild(final Element element, final String namespace, final String localname)
9. insertBeforeFirstChild(Element object, Element attrId)