Returns the text content of a DOM Element. - Java XML

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Returns the text content of a DOM Element.

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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the text content of a DOM <code>Element</code>.
     * 
     * @param element The <code>Element</code> to analyze.
     */
    public static String getElementText(Element element) {
        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
        int childCount = children.getLength();
        for (int index = 0; index < childCount; ++index) {
            if (children.item(index) instanceof Text) {
                Text text = (Text) children.item(index);
                return text.getData();
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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