Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData; import org.w3c.dom.Comment; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.EntityReference; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getElementValueByTagName(Document doc, String parentName, String eleName) { NodeList nl = doc.getElementsByTagName(parentName); if (null == nl) { return null; } Node item = nl.item(0); return getChildElementValueByTagName((Element) item, eleName); } public static String getChildElementValueByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) { Element child = getChildElementByTagName(ele, childEleName); return (child != null ? getTextValue(child) : null); } public static Element getChildElementByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) { NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nl.item(i); if (node instanceof Element && childEleName.equals(node.getNodeName()) || childEleName.equals(node.getLocalName())) { return (Element) node; } } return null; } public static String getTextValue(Element valueEle) { StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer(); NodeList nl = valueEle.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node item = nl.item(i); if ((item instanceof CharacterData && !(item instanceof Comment)) || item instanceof EntityReference) { value.append(item.getNodeValue()); } } return value.toString().trim(); } }