Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get

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Description

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

Method

BooleangetElementAsBoolean(Element e, String name)
get Element As Boolean 
return getElementAsBoolean(e, name, false);
FloatgetElementAsFloat(Element e, String name, Float dft)
get Element As Float 
String num = getElement(e, name);
return num.equals("") ? dft : Float.parseFloat(num);
intgetElementAsInt(Element element)
get Element As Int 
return Integer.parseInt(element.getTextContent());
StringgetElementAttributeValue(Document doc, String tagName, String attributeName)
Return the named attribute from the specified element in the (XML) document. 
return getAttributeValue(doc.getElementsByTagName(tagName), attributeName);
booleangetElementBooleanValue(Document document, Element parent, String element)
get Element Boolean Value 
return Boolean.valueOf(getElementStringValue(document, parent, element)).booleanValue();
ElementgetElementByClass(Element ele, String name)
Get child element by classname 
List<Element> list = getElementsByClass(ele, name);
if (list.size() > 0)
    return list.get(0);
return null;
ListgetElementByFilter(Document doc, NodeFilter filter)
get Element By Filter 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
DocumentTraversal traversable = (DocumentTraversal) doc;
int whatToShow = NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT;
NodeIterator iterator = traversable.createNodeIterator(doc, whatToShow, filter, true);
Node current = null;
while ((current = iterator.nextNode()) != null) {
    result.add((Element) current);
return result;
ElementgetElementByID(Element el, String id)
get Element By ID 
if (el == null)
    return null;
String thisId = el.getAttribute("id");
if (id.equals(thisId))
    return el;
NodeList list = el.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
...
ElementgetElementByID(Element el, String id)
DOCUMENTME 
if (el == null) {
    return null;
String thisId = el.getAttribute("id");
if (id.equals(thisId)) {
    return el;
NodeList list = el.getChildNodes();
...
ElementgetElementById(Element element, String id)
get Element By Id 
return getElementById(element.getChildNodes(), id);