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 getChildText(Element parent, String childName) { Element child = getChildElement(parent, childName); if (child == null) { return null; } return getText(child); } public static Element getChildElement(Element parent, String childName) { NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes(); int size = children.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { Node node = children.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element element = (Element) node; if (childName.equals(element.getNodeName())) { return element; } } } return null; } public static String getText(Element node) { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); NodeList list = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Node child = list.item(i); switch (child.getNodeType()) { case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE: case Node.TEXT_NODE: sb.append(child.getNodeValue()); } } return sb.toString(); } }