Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getText(Element element, String tagName) { return getText(element, tagName, null); } public static String getText(Element element, String tagName, String def) { Element child = getChild(element, tagName); String text = null; if (child != null) text = child.getTextContent(); if (text == null) text = def; return text; } public static Element getChild(Element element, String tagName) { NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodes.item(i); if (node instanceof Element) { Element child = (Element) node; if (child.getTagName().equals(tagName)) return child; } } return null; } }