Java Utililty Methods XML Element to String

List of utility methods to do XML Element to String

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The list of methods to do XML Element to String are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetString(Element xmlElement)
get String Data 
Node node = xmlElement.getFirstChild();
if (node == null)
    return "";
if (node instanceof Text) {
    Text text = (Text) node;
    if (text.getData() == null)
        return "";
    else
...
StringgetString(final Element element)
Get string value of an element. 
final Node text = element.getFirstChild();
if (text == null) 
    return "";
if ((text.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE || text.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE))
    return text.getNodeValue();
return "";
StringgetStringByTagName(Element element, String tag)
get String By Tag Name 
return getStringFromElement(getByTagAndIndex(element, tag, 0));
StringgetStringFromParagraphElement(Element element)
get String From Paragraph Element 
StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer();
NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName("p");
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    NodeList children = nl.item(i).getChildNodes();
    for (int c = 0; c < children.getLength(); c++) {
        if (children.item(c) instanceof Text) {
            value.append(((Text) children.item(c)).getData());
    if (i != nl.getLength() - 1) {
        value.append("\n");
return value.toString();
String[]getStringOptionsList(final Element configuration, final String optionPrefix, final String option)
get String Options List 
String[] optionsList = new String[0];
Element optionsElement = null;
try {
    optionsElement = (Element) configuration.getElementsByTagName(optionPrefix).item(0);
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
    return optionsList;
String[] skiped = null;
...
StringgetStringProperty(Element properties, String name)
get String Property 
return getPropertyNode(properties, name).getAttributes().getNamedItem(STRING_ATTR).getNodeValue();
StringgetStringRepresentation(Element element)
Gets the string representation for the given XML element, including tag and attributes. 
DOMImplementationLS implementation = (DOMImplementationLS) element.getOwnerDocument().getImplementation();
LSSerializer lsSerializer = implementation.createLSSerializer();
lsSerializer.getDomConfig().setParameter("xml-declaration", false);
return lsSerializer.writeToString(element);
StringgetStringValue(Element el)
get String Value 
return getStringValue(el, true);
StringgetStringValue(Element ele, String tagName)
get String Value 
String value = null;
NodeList nl = ele.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
    Element el = (Element) nl.item(0);
    value = el.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return value;
StringgetStringValue(Element element, String tagName)
get String Value 
String textValue = null;
NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
    Element el = (Element) nl.item(0);
    textValue = el.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return textValue;