Java Utililty Methods XML Node Text Value

Node text = getChildIfExists(node, "#cdata-section");
if (text != null)
    return text.getNodeValue();
text = getChildIfExists(node, "#text");
if (text != null)
    return text.getNodeValue();
return "";

if (node == null)
    return null;
NodeList lst = node.getChildNodes();
int size = lst.getLength();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    Node n = lst.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
...

Node text = node.getFirstChild();
if (text == null)
    return "";
if (!(text instanceof Text))
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected text, but found node '" + text.getNodeName() + "'");
return ((Text) text).getData();

StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
if (!node.hasChildNodes())
    return "";
NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node subnode = list.item(i);
    if (subnode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        result.append(subnode.getNodeValue());
...

StringBuilder s = null;
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        if (s == null) {
            s = new StringBuilder();
        s.append(((Text) child).getTextContent());
...

StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node2 = nodes.item(i);
    if (node2.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE || node2.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
        String value = node2.getNodeValue();
        result.append(value);
return result.toString().trim();

String text = "";
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        text += child.getNodeValue() + " ";
return text;

if (node == null) {
    return null;
return node.getTextContent();

if (!node.hasChildNodes()) {
    return "";
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node subnode = list.item(i);
    if (subnode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
...

StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
if (!serializeXmlNode(node, writer, false)) {
    return null;
return writer.toString();