Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getElementValue(Element parent, String childName, String childNamespace) { Element child = getChildElement(parent, childName, childNamespace); if (child == null) return null; return child.getTextContent(); } public static Element getChildElement(Element parent, String childName, String childNamespace) { NodeList ns = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < ns.getLength(); i++) { Node n = ns.item(i); if (n instanceof Element) { Element child = (Element) n; if (childName.equals(child.getLocalName()) && childNamespace.equals(child.getNamespaceURI())) { return child; } } } return null; } }