Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { /** * Get first Text node of the Element as String value * @param elem * @return */ public static String getFirstTextValue(Element elem) { if (elem != null) { Node fc = elem.getFirstChild(); if (null != fc && fc.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { return ((Text) fc).getData(); } } return null; } }