Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Milyn - Copyright (C) 2006 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1) as published by the Free Software Foundation. This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Is the supplied W3C DOM Node a text node. * * @param node The node to be tested. * @return True if the node is a text node, otherwise false. */ public static boolean isTextNode(Node node) { short nodeType; if (node == null) { return false; } nodeType = node.getNodeType(); return nodeType == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE || nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE; } }