----- Original Message -----
From: Hasan Al-Sheboul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: TEXT empty child nodes?
> Hi,
>
> for the following code (xerces2-J, DOM model)
>
> case Node.TEXT_NODE:
> String str = getNodeValue();
> if ( ( !str.equals("\n")) && (!str.equals(null)) ) {
> // do something
> }
>
if you have no DTD, use (!str.equals("")) as a test. The string is not null, it
is just empty, and skip the (!str.equals("\n"))
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