Java XML Node Text Value getText(Node n)

Description

Returns the textual content directly held under this element as a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
n	a parameter

Declaration

public static String getText(Node n) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* www.  j  a  v a  2s . c  om*/
 * ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2012
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 * 
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 * 
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 */

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the textual content directly held under this element as a
     * string. The call does not recurse into child elements. If no 
     * textual value exists for the element, an empty string is returned.
     * @param n
     * @return
     */
    public static String getText(Node n) {
        String rtnVal = "";
        NodeList nlist = n.getChildNodes();
        Node currentNode;
        for (int i = 0; i < nlist.getLength(); i++) {
            currentNode = nlist.item(i);
            if (currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                rtnVal = currentNode.getNodeValue();
            }
        }
        return rtnVal;
    }
}

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2. getText(final Node node)
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5. getText(Node elem, StringBuilder buffer)
6. getText(Node n)
7. getText(Node n)
8. getText(Node nd)
9. getText(Node nd, StringBuilder buf)