'Use jsoup to parse XML - prevent jsoup from "cleaning" <link> tags

In most case, I have no problem with using jsoup to parse XML. However, if there are <link> tags in the XML document, jsoup will change <link>some text here</link> to <link />some text here. This makes it impossible to extract text inside the <link> tag using CSS selector.

So how to prevent jsoup from "cleaning" <link> tags?

javaxmlxml-parsingjsoup


Solution 1:[1]

Do not store any text inside <link> element - it's invalid. If you need extra information, keep it inside HTML5 data-* attributes. I'm sure jsoup won't touch it.

<link rel="..." data-city="Warsaw" />

Solution 2:[2]

There can be a workaround for this. Before passing XML to jsoup. Transform XML file to replace all with some dummy tag say and do what you want to do.

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Solution 1 Nowaker
Solution 2 Vinay Lodha

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