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

ElementgetElementDescendant(Element elem, String ns_uri, String tagName)
get Element Descendant 
NodeList nl = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        if ((node.getNamespaceURI() == null || node.getNamespaceURI().equals(ns_uri))
                && node.getLocalName().equals(tagName)) {
            return (Element) node;
        } else {
...
ElementgetElementForLine(Document document, int line)
get Element For Line 
Element[] roots = document.getRootElements();
Element root = roots[0];
return root.getElement(line - 1);
StringgetElementId(Element element)
get Element Id 
return element.getAttribute("id");
intgetElementIndex(Element ele)
Returns the index of the Node within the current sub-tree. 
int index = 1;
Node prev = ele.getPreviousSibling();
while (prev != null) {
    if (prev.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        if (((Element) prev).getNodeName().equals(ele.getNodeName())) {
            ++index;
    prev = prev.getPreviousSibling();
return index;
intgetElementIndex(Element element)
Returns the index of element in the list of all elements with the same name in its parent node. 
int index = 1;
Node sibling = element;
while ((sibling = sibling.getPreviousSibling()) != null) {
    if (sibling instanceof Element) {
        Element siblingElement = (Element) sibling;
        if (element.getLocalName().equals(siblingElement.getLocalName())
                && (element.getNamespaceURI() == null ? siblingElement.getNamespaceURI() == null
                        : element.getNamespaceURI().equals(siblingElement.getNamespaceURI()))) {
...
StringgetElementLanguage(Element elemNode, String defaultLangCode)
Returns the language code associated with the specified element. 
String langCode = defaultLangCode;
if (elemNode.hasAttribute(langAttName)) {
    langCode = elemNode.getAttribute(langAttName);
} else if (elemNode.hasAttributeNS("xml", "lang")) {
    langCode = elemNode.getAttributeNS("xml", "lang");
return langCode;
StringgetElementLanguage(Element elemNode, String defaultLangCode)
Returns the language code associated with the specified element. 
String langCode = defaultLangCode;
if (elemNode.hasAttribute("language")) {
    langCode = elemNode.getAttribute("language");
} else if (elemNode.hasAttribute("lang")) {
    langCode = elemNode.getAttribute("lang");
} else if (elemNode.hasAttributeNS("xml", "lang")) {
    langCode = elemNode.getAttributeNS("xml", "lang");
return langCode;
ListgetElementList(Document doc, String expression)
get Element List 
XPathFactory xPathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath xPath = xPathFactory.newXPath();
XPathExpression expr = xPath.compile(expression);
NodeList nodeList = (NodeList) expr.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
List<Element> elementList = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = nodeList.item(i);
    if (item instanceof Element) {
...
ListgetElementList(Element dataRoot, String name)
get Element List 
NodeList list = dataRoot.getElementsByTagName(name);
List<Element> listElements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    listElements.add((Element) list.item(i));
return listElements;
ListgetElementList(Element dataRoot, String name)
get Element List 
NodeList list = dataRoot.getElementsByTagName(name);
List<Element> listElements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Element item = (Element) list.item(i);
    if (item.getParentNode().equals(dataRoot)) {
        listElements.add(item);
return listElements;