Java Utililty Methods XML Node Text Value

List of utility methods to do XML Node Text Value

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Description

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

Method

StringgetString(Node node)
get String 
return node.getTextContent();
StringgetStringValue(NamedNodeMap values, String name)
get String Value 
return getStringValue(values, name, null);
StringgetStringValue(Node node)
Return the String value of a Node. 
String value = node.getNodeValue();
if (node.hasChildNodes()) {
    Node first = node.getFirstChild();
    if (first.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        return first.getNodeValue();
return value;
...
StringgetStringValue(Node node)
Return the String value of a Node. 
String value = node.getNodeValue();
if (node.hasChildNodes()) {
    Node first = node.getFirstChild();
    if (first.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        return first.getNodeValue();
return value;
...
StringgetTagValue(Node node, String name)
get Tag Value 
if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    Element el = (Element) node;
    NodeList nodeList = el.getElementsByTagName(name);
    if (nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
        el = (Element) nodeList.item(0);
        nodeList = el.getChildNodes();
        if (nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
            return ((Node) nodeList.item(0)).getNodeValue();
...
StringgetTagValueWithoutNamespace(Node n)
Gets the tag value without namespace. 
if (n != null) {
    String tag = n.getNodeName();
    return tag.substring(tag.indexOf(":") + 1, tag.length());
return null;
StringgetText(final Node node)
get Text 
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
getText(node, sb);
return sb.toString();
StringgetText(final Node xmlNode)
Retrieves contents of first Text Node defined within an XML Node 
return xmlNode == null ? null : xmlFindTextNode(xmlNode);
StringgetText(Node elem)
get Text 
if (elem.getNodeType() == Element.TEXT_NODE)
    return elem.getTextContent();
else if (elem.hasChildNodes())
    return elem.getFirstChild().getTextContent();
return "";
StringgetText(Node elem, StringBuilder buffer)
get Text 
if (elem.getNodeType() != Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
    NodeList childs = elem.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
        Node child = childs.item(i);
        short childType = child.getNodeType();
        if (childType != Node.COMMENT_NODE && childType != Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE) {
            getText(child, buffer);
} else {
    buffer.append(elem.getNodeValue());
return buffer.toString();