Java XML Element Text getElementText(Element element)

Description

Returns the text of the element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String getElementText(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 {
    /**
     * Returns the text of the element
     */
    public static String getElementText(Element element) {
        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();
    }
}

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