Java XML Element Get by Name getElementValue(Element parent)

Description

get Element Value

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getElementValue(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w w. j  a va2  s  .c om*/
 *
 * Enginuity Open-Source Tuning, Logging and Reflashing
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Enginuity.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 */

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

public class Main {
    public static String getElementValue(Element parent) {

        NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
        int current = 0;
        int length = nodes.getLength();
        while (current < length) {
            Node node = nodes.item(current);
            if (node instanceof Text) {
                String value = node.getNodeValue();
                if (value != null) {
                    return value.trim();
                }
            }
            current++;
        }
        return "";
    }
}

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