Java Utililty Methods XML Child Node Get

List of utility methods to do XML Child Node Get

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Description

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

Method

ListgetChildNodesByName(Node element, String name, boolean caseSensitive)
Helper Method. 
ArrayList<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (caseSensitive) {
        if (node.getNodeName().equals(name))
            nodes.add(node);
    } else {
...
ListgetChildNodesByName(Node element, String name, boolean caseSensitive)
Helper Method. 
ArrayList<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (caseSensitive) {
        if (node.getNodeName().equals(name))
            nodes.add(node);
    } else {
...
ListgetChildNodesByName(Node node, String name)
get Child Nodes By Name 
List<Node> result = new ArrayList<Node>();
NodeList childList = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childList.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node child = childList.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        result.add(child);
return result;
NodeListgetChildNodesByTagName(final Element element, final String tagName)
get Child Nodes By Tag Name 
final List<Element> elements = getChildElementsByTagName(element, tagName);
return new NodeList() {
    @Override
    public Node item(final int index) {
        if (index >= elements.size()) {
            return null;
        return elements.get(index);
...
ListgetChildNodesWithName(Node node, String name)
get Child Nodes With Name 
return getChildNodesWithName(node, name, null);
StringgetChildNodeText(Element element, String nodeTagName)
Returns the text of the child element identified by nodeTagName. 
NodeList elements = element.getElementsByTagName(nodeTagName);
for (int j = 0; j < elements.getLength(); j++) {
    Node node = (Node) elements.item(j);
    NodeList elementsChild = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int k = 0; k < elementsChild.getLength(); k++) {
        Node node2 = (Node) elementsChild.item(k);
        if (node2.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            return node2.getNodeValue();
...
StringgetChildNodeText(Node root, String childName)
get Child Node Text 
NodeList nodeList = root.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    if (childName.equals(nodeList.item(i).getNodeName()))
        return nodeList.item(i).getTextContent();
return "";
StringgetChildNodeTextContent(Node parentNode, String childElementName)
get Child Node Text Content 
Node node = getChildNode(parentNode, childElementName);
if (node != null)
    return node.getTextContent();
return null;
StringgetChildNodeTextContents(Node node, String name)
get Child Node Text Contents 
Node tempNode = getChildNode(node, name);
if (tempNode != null)
    return (tempNode.getTextContent());
else
    return (null);
StringgetChildNodeValue(Element node, String tagName)
get Child Node Value 
NodeList nodes = node.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nodes.getLength() > 0) {
    return nodes.item(0).getTextContent().trim();
return null;