Java Utililty Methods XML Node Text Value

List of utility methods to do XML Node Text Value

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The list of methods to do XML Node Text Value are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetDescendentText(Node node, String name)
get Descendent Text 
Node d = getDescendent(node, name);
if (d != null) {
    return d.getTextContent().trim();
return null;
StringgetDirectText(org.w3c.dom.Element node)
get Direct Text 
Node n = node.getFirstChild();
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
while (n != null) {
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
        b.append(n.getTextContent());
    n = n.getNextSibling();
return b.toString().trim();
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StringgetElementText(Node elem)
Retrieves the text of a given element. 
String value = null;
Node node = (elem != null) ? elem.getFirstChild() : null;
while (node != null) { 
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { 
        if (value == null)
            value = node.getNodeValue();
        else
            value += node.getNodeValue();
...
NodegetFirstExtensionNode(Node extensionsNode)
Returns first extension node 
final String extensionTag = "extension";
NodeList nodes = extensionsNode.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = nodes.item(i);
    if (extensionTag.equals(child.getNodeName()))
        return child;
return null;
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NodegetFirstExtensionNodeFromWorkingSet(Node extensionsNode, String workingSetName)
Returns first node after the comment node with working set name 
final String extensionTag = "extension";
final String commentTag = "#comment";
Node child;
NodeList nodes = extensionsNode.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    child = nodes.item(i);
    if (commentTag.equals(child.getNodeName()) && workingSetName.equals(child.getNodeValue()))
        for (int j = i; j < nodes.getLength(); j++) {
...
StringgetFirstLevelTextContent(Node node)
get First Level Text Content 
NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
StringBuilder textContent = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node child = list.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
        textContent.append(child.getTextContent());
return textContent.toString().trim();
...
StringgetFirstSubElementsInnerText(Node element, String subElementName)
get First Sub Elements Inner Text 
for (Element n : getImmediateSubElements(element, subElementName)) {
    Node innerNode = n.getFirstChild();
    if (innerNode == null)
        continue;
    String innerText = innerNode.getNodeValue();
    if (innerText == null || innerText.length() < 1)
        continue;
    return innerText;
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StringgetInnerXmlText(Node xmlNode)
get Inner Xml Text 
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
Document xmlDocument = xmlNode.getOwnerDocument();
DOMImplementation xmlDocumentImpl = xmlDocument.getImplementation();
DOMImplementationLS lsImpl = (DOMImplementationLS) xmlDocumentImpl.getFeature("LS", "3.0");
LSSerializer lsSerializer = lsImpl.createLSSerializer();
NodeList childNodes = xmlNode.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    String childText = lsSerializer.writeToString(childNodes.item(i));
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StringgetNamedItemText(NamedNodeMap map, String name)
Gets the actual text from a named item contained in the given node map. 
Node namedItem = map.getNamedItem(name);
if (namedItem == null) {
    return null;
} else {
    return namedItem.getTextContent();
StringgetNamespaceURIFromPrefix(Node context, String prefix)
Given a prefix and a node, return the namespace URI that the prefix has been associated with. 
short nodeType = context.getNodeType();
Node tempNode = null;
switch (nodeType) {
case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE: {
    tempNode = ((Attr) context).getOwnerElement();
    break;
case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: {
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