Java XML Element Text getContent(Element element)

Description

This method will return the content of this particular element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the DOM element

Return

content as string

Declaration

public static String getContent(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>
     * This method will return the content of this particular <code>element</code>.
     * For example,
     * </p>
     *
     * <pre>
     *    &lt;result&gt;something_1&lt;/result&gt;
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>
     * When the {@link org.w3c.dom.Element} <code>&lt;result&gt;</code> is passed in as
     * argument (<code>element</code> to this method, it returns the content of it,
     * namely, <code>something_1</code> in the example above.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param element the DOM element
     * @return content as string
     */
    public static String getContent(Element element) {
        StringBuilder paramValue = new StringBuilder();
        NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int j = 0; j < childNodes.getLength(); j++) {
            Node currentNode = childNodes.item(j);
            if (currentNode != null
                    && currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                String val = currentNode.getNodeValue();
                if (val != null) {
                    paramValue.append(val.trim());
                }
            }
        }
        return paramValue.toString().trim();
    }
}

Related

1. getContent(Element e)
2. getContent(Element element)
3. getContent(Element element)
4. getContentFromElement(Element element, String namespaceURI, String localName)
5. getContentText(Element element)
6. getContentText(Element elementNode)
7. getElementText(Element elem)