Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static final String getValueOf(Node node) { if (node == null) { return null; } else if (node instanceof Text) { return node.getNodeValue().trim(); } else if (node instanceof Element) { ((Element) node).normalize(); Node temp = node.getFirstChild(); if (temp != null && (temp instanceof Text)) return temp.getNodeValue().trim(); else return ""; } else { return node.getNodeValue().trim(); } } }