Java XML Node Value getNodeValue(Node iNode)

Description

This method gets the text node of an input node.

License

Creative Commons License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
iNode	The node that contains the desired text node

Return

Returns the desired value of the node.

Declaration

public static String getNodeValue(Node iNode) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This method gets the text node of an input node.
     *
     * @param iNode The node that contains the desired text node
     *
     * @return Returns the desired value of the node.
     */
    public static String getNodeValue(Node iNode) {
        // Create a string to hold the results.
        String value = new String();

        // Check to make sure node is not null
        if (iNode != null) {
            // Get a list of the children of the input node
            NodeList children = iNode.getChildNodes();
            int numChildren = children.getLength();

            // Cycle through all children of node to get the text
            if (children != null) {
                for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
                    // make sure we have a text element
                    if ((children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
                            || (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) {
                        value = value
                                + children.item(i).getNodeValue().trim();
                    }
                } // end looping over the children nodes
            }
        }

        // Return the value of the node.
        return value;
    }
}

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