Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static String getTagValue(String sTag, Element eElement) { if (eElement == null) { return null; } NodeList aNodeList = eElement.getElementsByTagName(sTag); if (aNodeList == null) { return null; } Node aNode = aNodeList.item(0); if (aNode == null) { return null; } NodeList nlList = aNode.getChildNodes(); Node nValue = (Node) nlList.item(0); if (nValue == null) { return null; } return nValue.getNodeValue(); } }