Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Created by IntelliJ IDEA. * User: Piek Vossen * Date: 17-dec-2008 * Time: 14:38:37 * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates. * This file is part of KafSaxParser. KafSaxParser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. KafSaxParser 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 General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with KafSaxParser. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { static public String getValueFirstTag(String text, String tag) { String id = ""; int idx_s = text.toLowerCase().indexOf("<" + tag.toLowerCase() + ">"); int idx_e = text.toLowerCase().indexOf("</" + tag.toLowerCase() + ">"); if ((idx_s > -1) && (idx_e > idx_s)) { id = text.substring(idx_s + tag.length() + 2, idx_e).trim(); } return id; } }