Get header and footer text

The following example shows you how to get text from header and footer.
import java.util.List;

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.AttributedText;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Text;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.Footer;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.Header;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.IHeaderFooterContent;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.MasterPage;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument("c:\\test\\input.odt");

            List<MasterPage> masterPages = doc.getCommonStyles().getMasterStyles().getMasterPages();

            for (MasterPage masterPage : masterPages)
            {
                Header header = masterPage.getHeader();
                Footer footer = masterPage.getFooter();

                if (header != null)
                {
                    List<IHeaderFooterContent> headerContent = header.getContent();

                    for (IHeaderFooterContent headerContentElement : headerContent)
                    {
                        if (headerContentElement instanceof Paragraph)
                        {
                            Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph)headerContentElement;

                            for (int j = 0; j < paragraph.getContent().size(); j++)
                            {
                                if (paragraph.getContent().get(j) instanceof AttributedText)
                                {
                                	 AttributedText attributedText = (AttributedText)paragraph.getContent().get(j);

                                	 for (int a = 0; a < attributedText.getContent().size(); a++)
                                    {
                                        if (attributedText.getContent().get(a) instanceof Text)
                                        {
                                            Text text = (Text)attributedText.getContent().get(a);
                                            System.out.println(text.getValue());
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                else if (paragraph.getContent().get(j) instanceof Text)
                                {
                                    Text text = (Text)paragraph.getContent().get(j);
                                    System.out.println(text.getValue());
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (footer != null)
                {
                    List<IHeaderFooterContent> footerContent = footer.getContent();

                    for(IHeaderFooterContent footerContentElement : footerContent)
                    {
                        if (footerContentElement instanceof Paragraph)
                        {
                            Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph)footerContentElement;

                            for (int j = 0; j < paragraph.getContent().size(); j++)
                            {
                                if (paragraph.getContent().get(j) instanceof AttributedText)
                                {
                                    AttributedText attributedText = (AttributedText)paragraph.getContent().get(j);

                                    for (int a = 0; a < attributedText.getContent().size(); a++)
                                    {
                                        if (attributedText.getContent().get(a) instanceof Text)
                                        {
                                            Text text = (Text)attributedText.getContent().get(a);
                                            System.out.println(text.getValue());
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                else if (paragraph.getContent().get(j) instanceof Text)
                                {
                                    Text text = (Text)paragraph.getContent().get(j);
                                    System.out.println(text.getValue());
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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