Java XML Element Get Value getValue(Element pElement)

Description

returns a XML element value.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
pElement	Document XML element

Return

String XML node value

Declaration

public static String getValue(Element pElement) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w.j a  v  a 2 s.c  o m*/
 *  UnBBayes
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 *
 *  This file is part of UnBBayes.
 *
 *  UnBBayes is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  UnBBayes is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * returns a XML node value.
     *
     * @param pDocument         Document XML DOM document
     * @param psTagName         String XML node name
     * @return                  String XML node value
     */
    public static String getValue(Document pDocument, String psTagName) throws Exception {
        String s = null;
        try {
            NodeList elements = pDocument.getDocumentElement().getElementsByTagName(psTagName);
            Node node = elements.item(0);
            NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
            //find a value whose value is non-whitespace
            for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
                s = ((Node) nodes.item(i)).getNodeValue().trim();
                if (s.equals("") || s.equals("\r"))
                    continue;
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new Exception(ex.getMessage());
        }
        return s;
    }

    /**
     * returns a XML element value.
     *
     * @param pElement          Document XML element
     * @return                  String XML node value
     */
    public static String getValue(Element pElement) throws Exception {
        String s = null;
        try {
            NodeList nodes = pElement.getChildNodes();
            //find a value whose value is non-whitespace
            for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
                s = ((Node) nodes.item(i)).getNodeValue().trim();
                if (s.equals("") || s.equals("\r"))
                    continue;
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new Exception(ex.getMessage());
        }
        return s;
    }

    /**
     * returns a XML node value.
     *
     * @param pNode             Document XML node
     * @return                  String XML node value
     */
    public static String getValue(Node pNode) throws Exception {
        String s = null;
        try {
            NodeList nodes = pNode.getChildNodes();
            for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
                s = ((Node) nodes.item(i)).getNodeValue().trim();
                if (s.equals("") || s.equals("\r"))
                    continue;
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new Exception(ex.getMessage());
        }
        return s;
    }
}

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