Java XML Node Text Value getTextValue(Node node)

Description

Recursively scans all child elements, appending any text nodes.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String getTextValue(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   www .ja va  2  s  .  c  om
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**
     *  Recursively scans all child elements, appending any text nodes.
     *
     *  <PRE>
     *  &lt;customer&gt;Joe Schmoe&lt;/customer&gt;
     *  </PRE>
     *
     *  <P>  In this case, calling this method on the
     *  <CODE>customer</CODE> element returns "Joe Schmoe".
     */
    public static String getTextValue(Node node) {

        // I *thought* that I should be able to use element.getNodeValue()...

        StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();
        NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            if (nodeList.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE
                    || nodeList.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
                text.append(((Text) nodeList.item(i)).getData());
            } else {
                text.append(getTextValue(nodeList.item(i)));
            }
        }
        return text.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. getTextOfEl(Node e)
2. getTextTrim(Node node)
3. getTextValue(Node node)
4. getTextValue(Node node)
5. getTextValue(Node node)
6. getTextValue(Node node)
7. getTrimmedText (final Node node)
8. getTrimmedTextContent(Node element)
9. hasNodeText(Node n)