Null Pointer Exception in XMl Parsing

Question

I need to parser an Xml Document and store the values in Text File, when i am parsing normal data (If all tags have data) then its working fine, but if any tag doesnt have d

Answer 1

Just check that the object is not null:

private static String getTagValue(String tag, Element eElement) {
    NodeList nlList = eElement.getElementsByTagName(tag).item(0).getChildNodes();
    Node nValue = (Node) nlList.item(0);
    if(nValue == null) 
        return null;
    return nValue.getNodeValue();
}

String salary = getTagValue("Department", eElement);
if(salary != null) {
    System.out.println("Salary : " + getTagValue("Department", eElement));
}