Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static String getTextContent(Element elm) { if (elm == null) { return null; } StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); NodeList childNodes = elm.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) { Node node = childNodes.item(i); if ((node == null) || (node.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE)) { continue; } result.append(((Text) node).getData()); } return result.toString().trim(); } }