Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<row><column>(.*)</column></row>", Pattern.DOTALL); Matcher matcher = p.matcher("<row><column>Header\n\n\ntext</column></row>"); if (matcher.matches()) { System.out.println(matcher.group(1)); } } }