How to extract information from XmlObject in JAVA without using toString()?

Question

I have an XmlObject (org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject) obj .

    XmlObject obj;
    ...
    obj.toString(); //<xml-fragment>n2</xml-fragement>
    // content ="n2"
    String content = obj.toString().substring(14, obj.length() - 15)

What is the right way to store "n2" in content?

Boris the Spider · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-11T14:57:28.053

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From the javadoc for SimpleValue - "All XmlObject implementations can be coerced to SimpleValue"

So the correct approach would be:

//to get the string value
((SimpleValue)obj).getStringValue();
//to set the string value
((SimpleValue)obj).setStringValue("n2");

edited Apr 11 '13 at 14:57

answered Apr 11 '13 at 14:51

Boris the Spider

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why did you set the value "n2" . I would like to get that value . For me the first answer without the edit was correct – M.C. Apr 11 '13 at 14:58
Sorry, I thought I gave the wrong answer as you say "What is the right way to store" - I thought I had misread the question. In any case - have added both in there. – Boris the Spider Apr 11 '13 at 15:00

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 14:54

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Something like this?

    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
    DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
    Document document = db.parse(new File("input.xml"));
    NodeList nodeList = document.getElementsByTagName("Xml-Fragment");

And there you have your nodelist, to take whatever you want from.

answered Apr 11 '13 at 14:54

aran

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thank you for this useful answer. I used the other one since it was shorter – M.C. Apr 11 '13 at 15:02

How to extract information from XmlObject in JAVA without using toString()?

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