Java Utililty Methods XML Node Text Value

List of utility methods to do XML Node Text Value

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Description

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

Method

voidaddElementText(Node test, List holder)
add Element Text 
int Type = test.getNodeType();
switch (Type) {
case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
case Node.TEXT_NODE:
    String text = test.getNodeValue();
    if (isAlphaString(text))
        holder.add(text);
    return;
...
ElementcreateNewTextElement(Node elem, String tag, String value)
create New Text Element 
Document doc = elem.getOwnerDocument();
Element res = doc.createElement(tag);
Text content = doc.createTextNode(value);
res.appendChild(content);
elem.appendChild(res);
return res;
booleanexistNode(Node node, String nodeName, String textValue)
exist Node 
NodeList childs = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
    if (childs.item(i).getNodeName().equals(nodeName)
            && childs.item(i).getTextContent().equals(textValue)) {
        return true;
return false;
...
StringextractNodeText(Node node)
extract Node Text 
if (node.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)
    return node.getNodeValue();
if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
    return node.getNodeValue();
NodeList nodelist = node.getChildNodes();
String ctext = "";
for (int i = 0; i < nodelist.getLength(); i++) {
    Node subnode = nodelist.item(i);
...
StringextractText(Node node)
extract Text 
NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
if (childNodes.getLength() == 1) {
    Node child = childNodes.item(0);
    if (child.getChildNodes().getLength() == 0 && "#text".equals(child.getNodeName())) {
        return child.getNodeValue();
return null;
...
StringfindNodeText(Node node)
find Node Text 
String text = null;
Node textNode = findChild(node, "#text");
if (textNode != null)
    text = textNode.getNodeValue();
return text;
Stringget_inner_text(Node node)
geinnetext 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
        return child.getNodeValue();
    if (child instanceof Text)
        return ((Text) child).getData();
return null;
StringgetAppInfoText(final Node node)
Given an AppInfo Node, recurse through all the children and build a Tag / value structure for all of the Element children. 
if (node == null) {
    return null;
StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer();
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
str.append("<Application Information>"); 
while (child != null) {
    short type = child.getNodeType();
...
StringgetContentsOfTextOnlyNode(Node n)
get Contents Of Text Only Node 
NodeList children = n.getChildNodes();
if (children.getLength() == 0) {
    return null;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = children.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
...
StringgetContentText(Node n)
get Content Text 
if (n == null)
    return null;
if (n.getFirstChild() == null) {
    return "";
return n.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();