Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur. * * This file is part of ICY. * * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Get first value (value of first child) from the specified Element.<br> * If no value found 'def' value is returned. */ public static String getFirstValue(Element element, String def) { if (element != null) { final Node child = element.getFirstChild(); if (child != null) return child.getNodeValue(); } return def; } }