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

StringgetTextContent(Node node, String path)
Get the text content of an element identified by a path, where the path elements can include an index. 
if (node instanceof Document)
    node = ((Document) node).getDocumentElement();
if (!(node instanceof Element))
    return "";
Element el = (Element) node;
path = path.replaceAll("\\s", "");
if (path.startsWith("/"))
    path = path.substring(1);
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StringgetTextContent(org.w3c.dom.Node element)
return the text content of an element 
StringBuffer childtext = new StringBuffer();
NodeList childlist = element.getChildNodes();
int ct = childlist.getLength();
for (int j = 0; j < ct; j++) {
    org.w3c.dom.Node childNode = childlist.item(j);
    if ((childNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
            || (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) {
        childtext.append(childNode.getNodeValue().trim());
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StringgetTextContentOld(final Node node)
get Text Content Old 
final Node child = node.getFirstChild();
if (child != null) {
    final Node next = child.getNextSibling();
    if (next == null) {
        return hasTextContent(child) ? child.getNodeValue() : "";
    final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
    appendTextContents(node, buf);
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StringgetTextContents(Node node)
(A useful utility method from IBM developerworks) 
NodeList childNodes;
StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    if (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        contents.append(childNodes.item(i).getNodeValue());
return contents.toString();
StringgetTextData(Node element)
Gets a TEXT node value from the specified Element node. 
if (element.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(element + " is not ELEMENT node");
Node description = element.getNextSibling();
if (description.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(description + " is not TEXT node");
return description.getNodeValue();
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StringgetTextData(Node node)
get Text Data 
if (!node.hasChildNodes()) {
    return null;
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE
        && child.getNodeType() != Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
    child = child.getNextSibling();
if (child == null) {
    return null;
if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    return ((Text) child).getData();
} else {
    return ((CDATASection) child).getData();
StringgetTextForNode(Node node)
get Text For Node 
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
if (children.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node n = children.item(i);
    if (n instanceof Text)
        sb.append(n.getNodeValue());
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StringgetTextForNode(Node node)
get Text For Node 
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
if (children.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node n = children.item(i);
    if (n instanceof Text)
        sb.append(n.getNodeValue());
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StringgetTextForNode(Node node)
Gets the String value of the node. 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
if (children == null) {
    return "";
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node childNode = children.item(i);
    if ((childNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
            || (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) {
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StringgetTextFromNode(Node node, String defaultValue)
get Text From Node 
if (node == null) {
    return defaultValue;
if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
    return ((Attr) node).getValue();
} else if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    return node.getNodeValue();
} else {
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