Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2014 Eric Van Dewoestine * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { /** * Gets the value of a named child element. * * @param element The parent element. * @param name The name of the child element to retrieve the value from. * @return The text value of the child element. */ public static String getElementValue(Element element, String name) { return ((Element) element.getElementsByTagName(name).item(0)).getFirstChild().getNodeValue(); } }