Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Gets the value of the first child element of parent * * @param childName * @param parent * @return */ public static String getFirstChildValue(String childName, Element parent) { return getElementValue(parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).item(0)); } public static String getFirstChildValue(String childName, Document parent) { return getElementValue(parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).item(0)); } public static String getElementValue(Node element) { return getElementValue((Element) element); } public static String getElementValue(Element element) { return element.getChildNodes().item(0).getNodeValue(); } }