Java XML First Child Element extractFirstChildValue(final Node node)

Description

Extract text value for nodes like text

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	a parameter

Return

the content of the first subnode of a node, expressed as a String, or null otherwise

Declaration

public static String extractFirstChildValue(final Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  www.  j a v a 2 s. c om
 *  Copyright (C) 2013 Charles Gibault
 *
 *  Static IoC - Compile XML based inversion of control configuration file into a single init class, for many languages.
 *  Project Home : http://code.google.com/p/static-ioc/
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 *
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Extract text value for nodes like <value>text</value>
     * @param node
     * @return the content of the first subnode of a node, expressed as a String, or null otherwise
     */
    public static String extractFirstChildValue(final Node node) {
        final Node valueSubNode = node.getFirstChild();

        if (valueSubNode == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return valueSubNode.getNodeValue();
    }
}

Related

1. firstByClass(NodeList childList, String className)
2. firstChild(Element element, String name)
3. firstChild(Element element, String name)
4. firstChildByTagName(Node root, String tagName)