Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get Value

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get Value

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Description

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

Method

StringgetText(Element config)
returns the concatenation of all text children within the node. 
if (config == null)
    return new String("");
NodeList children = config.getChildNodes();
Node node;
String out = "";
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    node = children.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Text) {
...
StringgetText(Element e)
Gets the text value of the given element. 
StringBuilder sb = null;
if (e != null) {
    NodeList children = e.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = children.item(i);
        switch (node.getNodeType()) {
        case Node.TEXT_NODE:
        case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
...
StringgetText(Element el)
get the text string in an element (eg interspersed between child elements), or "" if there is none or if the Element is null. 
String res = "";
if (el != null)
    try {
        el.normalize(); 
        NodeList nodes = el.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++)
            if (nodes.item(i) instanceof Text) {
                Text text = (Text) nodes.item(i);
...
StringgetText(Element elem)
get Text 
if (elem != null) {
    NodeList childNodes = elem.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        if (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            return trim(childNodes.item(i).getNodeValue());
return null;
StringgetText(Element elem)
Extract the text in an element. 
StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();
NodeList l = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < l.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = l.item(i);
    if (n instanceof Text)
        text.append(((Text) n).getData());
    else if (n instanceof CDATASection)
        text.append(((CDATASection) n).getData());
...
StringgetText(Element elem)
get Text 
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(64);
NodeList nl = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = nl.item(i);
    switch (n.getNodeType()) {
    case Node.TEXT_NODE:
        sb.append(((Text) n).getData());
        break;
...
StringgetText(Element elem)
Get Text Content of the given element. 
if (elem != null) {
    NodeList childNodes = elem.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        if (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
            return trim(childNodes.item(i).getNodeValue());
return null;
StringgetText(Element elem, String ifnull)
get Text 
String retVal = null;
Node node = elem.getFirstChild();
if (node != null) {
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        retVal = ((Text) node).getData();
    } else {
        System.out.println("Invalid element type in getText().");
} else {
    retVal = ifnull;
return retVal;
StringgetText(Element elem, String name)
get Text 
Element childElement = getFirstChildElement(elem, name);
if (childElement == null) {
    return "";
Node node = childElement.getFirstChild();
return node == null ? "" : node.getTextContent();
StringgetText(Element element)
get Text 
StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    if (children.item(i) instanceof Text) {
        buffer.append(((Text) children.item(i)).getData());
return buffer.toString();
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