Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; // publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Returns true if the node has some actual content (other than a comment or an * empty text). * * @param node the XML node * @return true if the node contains information, false otherwise */ public static boolean hasContent(Node node) { if (node.getNodeName().equals("#comment")) { return false; } else if (node.getNodeName().equals("#text")) { return !node.getNodeValue().trim().isEmpty(); } return true; } }