Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Get the value of the specified element * * @param element * @return */ public static String getElementValue(Element element) { NodeList nl = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { if (nl.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { return element.getFirstChild().getNodeValue(); } } return null; } }