The node value of a Document node is null. [1] The text content of a Document node is the concatenation of the textContent value of every child node, excluding COMMENT_NODE and PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE nodes. [2]
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#ID-1950641247 [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#Node3-textContent ______________________________________ "You build world of steel and stone I build worlds of words alone Skilled tradespeople, long years taught: You shape matter; I shape thought." (http://www.songworm.com/lyrics/songworm-parody/ShapesofShadow.html) From: Thiwanka Somasiri <asthiwa...@gmail.com> To: j-users@xerces.apache.org Date: 04/15/2011 01:34 PM Subject: Difference between Document.getNodeValue() and Document.getTextContent()? Hi all, I wrote a sample program parse an XML file and tried to traverse through the DOM tree. I used Document.getNodeValue() method and Document.getTextContent() method to access the text values values of the nodes and getNodeValue() gave "null" values to the nodes, but getTextContent() gave correct values in the XML itself. Can someone explain me the difference between these two methods? This is the XML file I was using : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <note> <to>Thiwanka</to> <from>Erangi</from> </note> Thanks. -- Regards A.S.Thiwanka Somasiri Skype : executionerwild MSN : thi...@ymail.com
