Java XML Node Text Value getTextBetween(Node node1, Node node2)

Description

Get all the text DOM sibling nodes before the supplied node and concatenate them together into a single String.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node1	Test node.

Return

String containing the concatentated text.

Declaration

public static String getTextBetween(Node node1, Node node2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w ww.  ja v  a 2s .c  o  m
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import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get all the text DOM sibling nodes before the supplied node and
     * concatenate them together into a single String.
     *
     * @param node1 Test node.
     * @return String containing the concatentated text.
     */
    public static String getTextBetween(Node node1, Node node2) {
        Node parent1 = node1.getParentNode();
        if (parent1 == null) {
            System.out.println("Cannot get text between nodes [" + node1 + "] and [" + node2 + "]. [" + node1
                    + "] has no parent.");
            return "";
        }

        Node parent2 = node2.getParentNode();
        if (parent2 == null) {
            System.out.println("Cannot get text between nodes [" + node1 + "] and [" + node2 + "]. [" + node2
                    + "] has no parent.");
            return "";
        }

        if (parent1 != parent2) {
            System.out.println("Cannot get text between nodes [" + node1 + "] and [" + node2
                    + "]. These nodes do not share the same sparent.");
            return "";
        }

        NodeList siblings = parent1.getChildNodes();
        StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();
        boolean append = false;
        int siblingCount = siblings.getLength();

        for (int i = 0; i < siblingCount; i++) {
            Node sibling = siblings.item(i);

            if (sibling == node1) {
                append = true;
            }
            if (sibling == node2) {
                break;
            }
            if (append && sibling.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                text.append(((Text) sibling).getData());
            }
        }

        return text.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. getText(Node node)
2. getText(Node node)
3. getText(Node node)
4. getText(Node node)
5. getTextBefore(Node node)
6. getTextBuffer(Node e, StringBuilder sb)
7. getTextContent(final Node node)
8. getTextContent(final Node node)
9. getTextContent(final Node node, final String defaultValue)