Returns the text of the element
import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Utils { /** * */ public static String getElementText(Element element) { StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodeList.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE || node.getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) { buffer.append(node.getNodeValue()); } } return buffer.toString(); } }