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

ListgetTextList(Element elem, String name)
get Text List 
List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
List<Element> childElements = getChildElementsByTagName(elem, name);
for (Element childElem : childElements) {
    Node node = childElem.getFirstChild();
    result.add(node == null ? "" : node.getTextContent());
return result;
StringgetTextOfElement(Element e)
Returns the content of all text nodes underneath a specified Element, concatenated together into a single string. 
NodeList kids = e.getChildNodes();
if (kids == null)
    return null; 
StringBuffer b = null;
for (int i = 0; i < kids.getLength(); i++) { 
    Node t = kids.item(i);
    if ((t.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) || (t.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) { 
        if (b == null)
...
String[]getTexts(Element root, String elementName)
get Texts 
NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
String[] ret = new String[list.getLength()];
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Text txt = (Text) list.item(i).getFirstChild();
    if (txt != null) {
        ret[i] = txt.getData();
    } else {
        ret[i] = ""; 
...
StringgetTextString(Element e)
Get the text of a text (simple content) element. 
String s = getText(e);
return s == null ? "" : s;
StringgetTextTrim(Element element)
get Text Trim 
Node node = element.getChildNodes().item(0);
if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
    return node.getNodeValue().trim();
return "";
StringgetTextTrim(Element element)
get Text Trim 
String txt = getText(element);
return (txt == null) ? txt : txt.trim();
StringgetTextValue(Element el, String tagName)
get Text Value 
String textVal = null;
NodeList nl = el.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
    Element e = (Element) nl.item(0);
    textVal = e.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return textVal;
StringgetTextValue(Element ele, String tagName)
Returns the value of given tagName under given element. 
String textVal = null;
try {
    NodeList nl = ele.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
    if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
        Element el = (Element) nl.item(0);
        Node firstChild = el.getFirstChild();
        if (firstChild != null)
            textVal = firstChild.getNodeValue();
...
StringgetTextValue(Element ele, String tagName)
Returns text value of first element in specified element with specified tag. 
String textVal = null;
List<Element> nl = getChildren(ele, tagName);
if (nl != null && nl.size() != 0) {
    Element el = nl.get(0);
    textVal = getValue(el);
    if (textVal != null) {
        textVal = textVal.trim();
        if (textVal.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
...
StringgetTextValue(Element ele, String tagName)
get Text Value 
String textVal = null;
NodeList nl = ele.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
    Element el = (Element) nl.item(0);
    textVal = el.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return textVal;