Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.LinkedList; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String[] getChildrenText(Element parentElement, String childrenName) { NodeList nl = parentElement.getChildNodes(); int max = nl.getLength(); LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(); for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) { Node n = nl.item(i); if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && n.getNodeName().equals(childrenName)) { list.add(getText((Element) n)); } } return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]); } /** * * @param e * @return */ public static String getText(Element e) { NodeList nl = e.getChildNodes(); int max = nl.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) { Node n = nl.item(i); if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { return n.getNodeValue().trim(); } } return ""; } }