get Text For XML Node - Java XML

Java examples for XML:DOM Node Value

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get Text For XML Node

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    public static String getTextForNode(Node 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());
            else if (n instanceof EntityReference) {
                String s = getTextForNode(n);
                if (s == null)
                    return null;
                else
                    sb.append(s);
            } else
                return null;
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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