Gets the character data corresponding to the given DOM element. - Java XML

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Description

Gets the character data corresponding to the given DOM element.

Demo Code

/*//from ww w  .ja v  a  2  s.c om
 * ome.xml.DOMUtil
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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /** Gets the character data corresponding to the given DOM element. */
    public static String getCharacterData(Element el) {
        Text text = getChildTextNode(el);
        return text == null ? null : text.getData();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the child text node containing character data
     * for the given DOM element.
     */
    public static Text getChildTextNode(Element el) {
        if (el == null)
            return null;
        NodeList list = el.getChildNodes();
        int size = list.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            if (!(node instanceof Text))
                continue;
            return (Text) node;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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