Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2007 Heart & Stroke Foundation * This software is published under the GPL GNU General Public License. * 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 2 * 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, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * This software was written for the * Department of Family Medicine * McMaster University * Hamilton * Ontario, Canada */ public class Main { protected static String getElementValue(final String xml, final String element) { int begin = xml.indexOf("<" + element + ">"); int end = xml.indexOf("</" + element + ">"); if (begin < 0 || end < 0 || begin >= end) return null; return xml.substring(begin + ("<" + element + ">").length(), end); } }