Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; // are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { /** * text of a leaf node, without child element * * @param tag * @return String */ public static String getNodeText(Element tag) { String text = tag.toString(); int i = text.indexOf(">"); //$NON-NLS-1$ int j = text.lastIndexOf("</"); //$NON-NLS-1$ if (i < 0 || j < 0 || j < i) { return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$ } return text.substring(i + 1, j); } }