Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getElementValue(String elementName, Element element) throws Exception { String value = null; NodeList childNodes = element.getElementsByTagName(elementName); Element cn = (Element) childNodes.item(0); value = cn.getFirstChild().getNodeValue().trim(); //value = childNodes.item(0).getNodeValue().trim(); if (value == null) { throw new Exception("No element found with given name:" + elementName); } return value; } }