Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getTextContent(Node e) { if (e == null || e.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { return null; } NodeList nodes = e.getChildNodes(); StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { Node node = e.getFirstChild(); if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { String s = node.getNodeValue(); if (s != null) { text.append(s); } } } if (text.length() > 0) { return text.toString(); } else { return null; } } }