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Returns the concatenated child text of the specified node
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
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public class Main {
/**
* Returns the concatenated child text of the specified node.
* This method only looks at the immediate children of type
* <code>Node.TEXT_NODE</code> or the children of any child
* node that is of type <code>Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE</code>
* for the concatenation.
*
* @param node The node to look at.
*/
public static String getChildText(Node node) {
// is there anything to do?
if (node == null) {
return null;
}
// concatenate children text
StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer();
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
short type = child.getNodeType();
if (type == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
str.append(child.getNodeValue());
}
else if (type == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
str.append(getChildText(child));
}
child = child.getNextSibling();
}
// return text value
return str.toString();
} // getChildText(Node):String
}
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