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

StringgetTextContent(Element element)
get Text Content 
return org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils.getTextValue(element);
StringgetTextContent(Element element)
Obtain the text content of an element. 
return getTextContent(element, true);
StringgetTextContentFromFirstElementByTagName(Element element, String tagName)
get Text Content From First Element By Tag Name 
return getTrimmedTextContent(getFirstElementByTagName(element, tagName));
StringgetTextContentOfElement(Element elem, String tagName, boolean required)
get Text Content Of Element 
List<String> result = getTextContentOfElements(elem, tagName);
if (result.isEmpty() && !required)
    return null;
if (result.size() != 1)
    throw new IOException("expected exactly one " + tagName + " element");
return result.get(0);
ListgetTextContentOfElements(Element elem, String tagName)
get Text Content Of Elements 
List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
NodeList inputElems = elem.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
for (int i = 0; i < inputElems.getLength(); i++) {
    Element childElem = (Element) inputElems.item(i);
    result.add(childElem.getTextContent());
return result;
StringgetTextContents(Element e)
get Text Contents 
if (!e.hasChildNodes())
    return null;
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
NodeList list = e.getChildNodes();
int len = list.getLength();
String text;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    text = ((Node) list.item(i)).getNodeValue();
...
StringgetTextData(Element element)
get Text Data 
NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    if ((childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
            || (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) {
        if (childNodes.item(i) != null) {
            String tmpStr = ((Text) childNodes.item(i)).getWholeText().trim();
            if (tmpStr.length() > 0) {
                return tmpStr;
...
StringgetTextElementValue(Element ele)
get Text Element Value 
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
Node node = ele.getFirstChild();
while (node != null) {
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        buffer.append(node.getNodeValue());
    } else if (node.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
        buffer.append(node.getNodeValue());
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return buffer.toString();
StringgetTextFromFirstSubEleByName(Element element, String tagName)
get Text From First Sub Ele By Name 
List<Element> childEle = getSubElementByName(element, tagName);
for (int i = 0; i < childEle.size(); i++) {
    String tmp = getTextData(childEle.get(i));
    if (tmp != null)
        return tmp;
return null;
StringgetTextFromTag(Element current, String tag)
Return the inner text from the given tag 
if (current == null)
    return "";
String result = "";
NodeList nodes = current.getElementsByTagName(tag);
if (nodes.getLength() > 0)
    result = ((Element) nodes.item(0)).getTextContent();
return result;