Java Utililty Methods XML Element Text

NodeList nl = elem.getElementsByTagName(name);
if (nl.getLength() > 0)
    return getText((Element) nl.item(0));
else
    return null;

return element.getTextContent();

NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
int childCount = children.getLength();
for (int index = 0; index < childCount; ++index) {
    if (children.item(index) instanceof Text) {
        Text text = (Text) children.item(index);
        return text.getData();
return null;

StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer();
NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Text || node instanceof CDATASection) {
        value.append(node.getNodeValue());
return value.toString();

for (Node child = element.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
        return child.getNodeValue();
return element.getNodeValue();

StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE || node.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
        buffer.append(node.getNodeValue());
return buffer.toString();

NodeList nl = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node c = nl.item(i);
    if (c instanceof Text) {
        return ((Text) c).getData();
return null;
...

StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(10);
for (Node n = element.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    if (n instanceof Text) {
        builder.append(((CharacterData) n).getData());
return builder.toString();

NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        return ((Text) child).getNodeValue();
return "";
...

for (Node child = element.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
        return child.getNodeValue();
return element.getNodeValue();