Java Utililty Methods XML CData

Element createNewCDATAElement(Node elem, String tag, String value)
create New CDATA Element

Document doc = elem.getOwnerDocument();
Element res = doc.createElement(tag);
CDATASection cdata = doc.createCDATASection(value);
res.appendChild(cdata);
elem.appendChild(res);
return res;

String getCharacterData(Element el)
Gets the character data corresponding to the given DOM element.

Text text = getChildTextNode(el);
return text == null ? null : text.getData();

String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
get Character Data From Element

org.w3c.dom.Node child = e.getFirstChild();
if (child instanceof CharacterData) {
 CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child;
 return cd.getData();
return "?";

String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
get Character Data From Element

if (e != null) {
 Node child = e.getFirstChild();
 if (child instanceof CharacterData) {
 CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child;
 return cd.getData();
return "?";
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String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
get Character Data From Element

Node child = e.getFirstChild();
if (child instanceof CharacterData) {
 CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child;
 return cd.getData();
} else {
 return "?";

String getCharacterDataFromElementWithKey(final Element element, final String key)
get Character Data From Element With Key

String result = null;
if (element != null) {
 final NodeList jobNodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(key);
 final Node node = jobNodeList.item(0);
 if (node != null) {
 final CharacterData characterData = (CharacterData) jobNodeList.item(0).getChildNodes().item(0);
 if (characterData != null) {
 result = characterData.getNodeValue();
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boolean isCDataOrText(int nodeType)
is C Data Or Text

return Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE == nodeType || Node.TEXT_NODE == nodeType;

String parseCdataSection(Node cdataParentNode)
parse Cdata Section

if (cdataParentNode == null)
 return "";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
NodeList cdataParentNodeChildren = cdataParentNode.getChildNodes();
if (cdataParentNodeChildren != null && cdataParentNodeChildren.getLength() > 0) {
 for (int i = 0; i < cdataParentNodeChildren.getLength(); i++) {
 Node cdataNode = cdataParentNodeChildren.item(i);
 if (CDATA_SECTION.equalsIgnoreCase(cdataNode.getNodeName()))
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void removeEmptyCDATASections(Node node)
Remove empty CDATA sections from the given node and all of its descendants.

Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
 Node next = child.getNextSibling();
 switch (child.getNodeType()) {
 case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
 if (child.getNodeValue().length() == 0) {
 child.getParentNode().removeChild(child);
 break;
 case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
 removeEmptyCDATASections(child);
 child = next;

void setTextValue(Node node, String value, boolean cdata)
set Text Value

if (node != null) {
 if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
 for (Node child = node.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
 if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE && !cdata) {
 ((Text) child).setNodeValue(value);
 return;
 if (child.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE && cdata) {
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