Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************** * Copyright (c) 1999 The Bean Factory, LLC. * All Rights Reserved. * * The Bean Factory, LLC. makes no representations or * warranties about the suitability of the software, either express * or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of * merchantableness, fitness for a particular purpose, or * non-infringement. The Bean Factory, LLC. shall not be * liable for any damages suffered by licensee as a result of using, * modifying or distributing this software or its derivatives. * *******************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** Given a person element, must get the element specified by the tagName, then must traverse that Node to get the value. Step1) get Element of name tagName from e Step2) cast element to Node and then traverse it for its non-whitespace, cr/lf value. Step3) return it! NOTE: Element is a subclass of Node @param e an Element @param tagName a tag name @return s the value of a Node */ public static String getValue(Element e, String tagName) { try { //get node lists of a tag name from a Element NodeList elements = e.getElementsByTagName(tagName); Node node = elements.item(0); NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes(); //find a value whose value is non-whitespace String s; for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { s = ((Node) nodes.item(i)).getNodeValue().trim(); if (s.equals("") || s.equals("\r")) { continue; } else return s; } } catch (Exception ex) { System.out.println(ex); ex.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }