Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { /** * Given an node, returns the child text node of this element. * * @param node * the node to get the text node from * @return the text node that is a child of this node, or <CODE>null</CODE> * if there is no such child */ public static String containedText(Node node) { NodeList children = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node c = children.item(i); if (c.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) continue; return ((Text) c).getData(); } return null; } }