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Returns the value of the given node
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* $Id: XMLUtils.java 2049 2007-11-20 14:32:56Z benoitf $
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
/**
* Class with some useful methods on XML document.
*/
public final class XMLUtils {
/**
* Returns the value of the given node.
* @param base the element from where to search.
* @param name of the element to get.
* @return the value of this element.
*/
public static String getStringValueElement(final Element base, final String name) {
String value = null;
// Get element
NodeList list = base.getElementsByTagName(name);
if (list.getLength() == 1) {
Element element = (Element) list.item(0);
Node node = element.getFirstChild();
if (node != null) {
value = node.getNodeValue();
}
} else if (list.getLength() > 1) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Element '" + name + "' on '" + base + "' should be unique but there are '"
+ list.getLength() + "' elements");
}
if (value != null) {
value = value.trim();
}
return value;
}
}
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