Java Utililty Methods XML Node Value

String retval = "";
try {
    Node firstChild = node.getFirstChild();
    if (firstChild != null)
        retval = firstChild.getNodeValue();
} catch (Exception e) {
    return "";
return retval;

String retValue = null;
NodeList element = ((Element) node).getElementsByTagName(name);
if (element.getLength() > 0) {
    NodeList valueNodeList = ((Element) element.item(0)).getChildNodes();
    if (valueNodeList.getLength() > 0) {
        retValue = valueNodeList.item(0).getNodeValue();
return (trim && (retValue != null)) ? retValue.trim() : retValue;

NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();
if (nl.getLength() == 0)
    return defaultVal;
Node n = getNodeFromNodeList(nl, name, index);
if (n == null)
    return defaultVal;
n = n.getChildNodes().item(0);
if (n == null)
...

Node opt_item = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(nodeKey);
if (opt_item != null) {
    Matcher nameMatcher = attrExtractor.matcher(opt_item.toString());
    if (nameMatcher.find()) {
        return nameMatcher.group(1);
return null;
...

return nodeXML.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue();

return node.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();

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

if (node == null)
    return null;
NamedNodeMap attrs = node.getAttributes();
Node attr = attrs.getNamedItem("DateTimeFormat");
String format = attr.getNodeValue().trim();
node = node.getFirstChild();
if (node != null) {
    String date = node.getNodeValue().trim();
...

if (node != null) {
    node = node.getFirstChild();
    if (node != null)
        return Long.parseLong(node.getNodeValue());
return -1;

if (node == null)
    return -1;
NamedNodeMap attrs = node.getAttributes();
Node attr = attrs.getNamedItem("Unit");
int factor = 1;
String unit = attr.getNodeValue();
if (unit.equals("sec")) {
    factor = 1000;
...