Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2002-2012 George Norman * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String getElementValue(final Node sourceNode) { String result = null; if (sourceNode == null) { return result; } if (sourceNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Node firstChild = sourceNode.getFirstChild(); if (firstChild != null) { result = firstChild.getNodeValue(); } } return result; } }