Java Utililty Methods XML Element Value

String getElementValue(Element elem, String path)
Returns the text value of the named descendent.

Element child = getElement(elem, path);
if (child == null)
 return "";
String ret = "";
NodeList nl = child.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0, len = nl.getLength(); i < len; i++) {
 Node node = nl.item(i);
 if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
...

String getElementValue(Element element)
get Element Value

if (element != null) {
 NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
 if ((nodes != null) && (nodes.getLength() > 0)) {
 for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
 Node node = nodes.item(i);
 if ((node instanceof Text)) {
 return ((Text) node).getData();
return null;

String getElementValue(Element element)
Returns the node value of the element's first child if there is any, otherwise null.

Node child = element.getFirstChild();
if (child != null) {
 return child.getNodeValue();
return null;

String getElementValue(Element element)
Check if the element contains just a text/cdata, in which case return that value.

if (element.getAttributes().getLength() > 0) {
 return null;
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
String value = null;
int nbrChildren = children.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < nbrChildren; i++) {
 Node child = children.item(i);
...

String getElementValue(Element element)
Get the value of the specified element

NodeList nl = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
 if (nl.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
 return element.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return null;

String getElementValue(Element element)
Gets the value of an element.

if (element == null) {
 return null;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1000);
NodeList nl = element.getChildNodes();
Node child = null;
int length = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
...

String getElementValue(Element element, String elementName)
This method return role name from xml file.

String roleName = "";
NodeList elementList = element.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
Element ele = (Element) elementList.item(0);
NodeList valueNodeList = ele.getChildNodes();
Node node = ((Node) valueNodeList.item(0));
if (node != null) {
 roleName = node.getNodeValue();
return roleName;

String getElementValue(Element element, String name)
Gets the value of a named child element.

return ((Element) element.getElementsByTagName(name).item(0)).getFirstChild().getNodeValue();

String getElementValue(Element element, String tag)
get Element Value

Element by = getElement(element, tag);
if (!(by == null)) {
 return by.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
return null;

String getElementValue(Element element, String tagName)
get Element Value

return getElementValue(element, tagName, 0);