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

StringgetChildText(Element element, String tag)
get Child Text 
String value = null;
NodeList nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(tag);
if (nodeList != null && nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
    Element el = (Element) nodeList.item(0);
    if (el.getFirstChild() != null) {
        value = el.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return value;
StringgetChildText(Element element, String tag)
get Child Text 
String value = null;
NodeList nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(tag);
if (nodeList != null && nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
    Element el = (Element) nodeList.item(0);
    if (el.getFirstChild() != null) {
        value = el.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return value;
StringgetChildText(Element parent, String childLocalName, String childNamespaceURI)
Calls #getText(Element) on the first child element that matches the given local name and namespace. 
Element child = getChildElement(parent, childLocalName, childNamespaceURI);
return (child == null) ? null : getText(child);
StringgetChildText(Element parent, String childName)
get Child Text 
Element childElement = getFirstLevelChildElementByTagName(parent, childName);
if (childElement != null) {
    return getText(childElement);
return null;
StringgetChildText(Element parent, String childName)
Get the text content of a given child name. 
Element childElement = getFirstLevelChildElementByTagName(parent, childName);
if (childElement != null) {
    return getText(childElement);
return null;
StringgetChildText(Element parent, String childName)
get Child Text 
NodeList list = parent.getElementsByTagName(childName);
if (list.getLength() > 1) {
    throw new IllegalStateException("Multiple child elements with name " + childName);
} else if (list.getLength() == 0) {
    return null;
Element child = (Element) list.item(0);
return getText(child);
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StringgetChildText(Element parent, String childName)
get Child Text 
Element child = getChildElement(parent, childName);
if (child == null) {
    return null;
return getText(child);
StringgetChildText(Element parent, String kidName)
Returns the string that is the content of a child from this node. 
Node elem = getUniqueChild(parent, kidName);
if (elem == null)
    return null;
elem.normalize();
return elem.getTextContent();
StringgetChildText(Element parent, String name)
get Child Text 
Element child = getChildElement(parent, name);
if (child == null) {
    return "";
return textValueOf(child, true);
StringgetChildText(Element root, String childName)
getChildText purpose. 
try {
    return getChildText(root, childName, false);
} catch (Exception ex) {
    return null;