Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * get the value of an Element in the Xml Document. * finds the first occurance of the element and retrieves its value. * @param root the root Element. * @param elemName the name of the element to search for. * @return String the element value or null if not found. */ public static String getElementValue(Element root, String elemName) { NodeList nl = root.getElementsByTagName(elemName); if (null == nl) { return (null); } Node n = nl.item(0); return (n.getFirstChild().getNodeValue().trim()); } }