Java Utililty Methods XML Child Element Text

List of utility methods to do XML Child Element Text

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Child Element Text are organized into topic(s).

Method

SetgetChildElementsTextSet(Element parentElement, String tagName)
Returns a Set of text content of all descendant Elements with a given tag name Null is returned if there is no child element with given tag name 
List<Element> childElements = getChildElements(parentElement, tagName);
if (childElements != null && childElements.size() > 0) {
    Set<String> textList = new HashSet<String>(childElements.size());
    for (Element element : childElements) {
        textList.add(element.getTextContent().trim());
    return textList;
return Collections.EMPTY_SET;
StringgetChildElementText(Element element, String name)
Returns the text content for the child element with the specified name for the specified element. 
NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        Element childElement = (Element) node;
        if (childElement.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
            return childElement.getTextContent();
return null;
StringGetChildElementText(Element element, String name, String defaultValue)
Get Child Element Text 
if (element != null && name != null && !name.isEmpty()) {
    NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = nodes.item(i);
        if (node instanceof Element && name.equals(node.getNodeName())) {
            return node.getTextContent();
return defaultValue;
StringgetChildElementText(Element elm, String name, String defaultValue)
get Child Element Text 
String result = getChildElementText(elm, name);
return result == null ? defaultValue : result;
StringgetChildElementText(Element elm, String name, String defaultValue)
get Child Element Text 
String result = getChildElementText(elm, name);
return result == null ? defaultValue : result;
StringgetChildElementText(Element parentElement, String tagName)
This method returns the child element text. 
Element element = getChildElement(parentElement, tagName);
if (element != null) {
    return getText(element);
} else {
    return null;
StringgetChildElementText(final Element elParent, final String childTag)
Returns the text within the child element with the specified tag. 
final Element elChild = getFirstChildOfType(elParent, childTag);
if (elChild == null) {
    return null;
return getElementText(elChild);
StringgetChildElementText(final Element parent, final String childName, final String defaultText)
get Child Element Text 
Element child = getChildElement(parent, childName);
return child == null ? defaultText : child.getTextContent();
StringgetChildElementText(Node node, String childName)
get Child Element Text 
Element child = getChildElement(node, childName);
if (child != null) {
    return getTextContent(child);
return null;
String[]getChildElementTextArr(Element parent, String name)

Returns an array of text values of a child element. 

List children = getChildElementsByName(parent, name);
String str[] = new String[children.size()];
for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
    Node child = (Node) children.get(i);
    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
    NodeList nodes = child.getChildNodes();
    for (int j = 0; j < nodes.getLength(); j++) {
        Node node = nodes.item(j);
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