Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * JFox - The most lightweight Java EE Application Server! * more details please visit http://www.huihoo.org/jfox or http://www.jfox.org.cn. * * JFox is licenced and re-distributable under GNU LGPL. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static String getChildElementValueByTagName(Element parentElement, String childTag) { if (childTag.equals(parentElement.getNodeName())) { return getNodeValue(parentElement); } for (Node temp = parentElement.getFirstChild(); temp != null; temp = temp.getNextSibling()) { if (temp.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && childTag.equals(temp.getNodeName())) { return getNodeValue(temp); } } return null; } public static String getNodeValue(Node node) { if (node == null) { return null; } else if (node instanceof Text) { return node.getNodeValue().trim(); } else if (node instanceof Element) { node.normalize(); Node temp = node.getFirstChild(); if (temp != null && (temp instanceof Text)) return temp.getNodeValue().trim(); else return ""; } else { return node.getNodeValue().trim(); } } }