We would like to know how to get first level table cell.
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; import org.jsoup.select.Elements; /*from ww w .j a v a 2s .c o m*/ public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html> " + " <body> " + " <table id='myTable'> " + " <tbody> " + " <tr> " + " <th>header</th> " + " <td>1</td> " + " <table> " + " <tbody> " + " <tr> " + " <td>a1</td> " + " <td>a2</td> " + " <td>a3</td> " + " </tr> " + " </tbody> " + " </table> " + " </td> " + " <td>high level2</td>" + " <td>high level3</td>" + " </tr> " + " </tbody> " + " </table> " + " </body> " + "</html> "; Document doc = Jsoup.parse(html); Elements highLevelTDs = doc.select("#myTable > tbody > tr > td"); System.out.println(highLevelTDs.size()); for (Element td : highLevelTDs) { System.out.println(td); } } }