Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /*** * Get the name of the node without namespace * * @param node * @return */ public static String getNodeName(final Node node) { if (node == null) { return null; } String nodeName = node.getNodeName(); // Remove namespace prefix if present int indexOfColon; if ((nodeName != null) && (nodeName.length() > 0 // Node name is not // empty ) && ((indexOfColon = nodeName.indexOf(':')) >= 0) // there is a colon in the nodename && (indexOfColon < (nodeName.length() - 1)) // colon is not at the end of the name ) { nodeName = nodeName.substring(nodeName.indexOf(':') + 1); } return nodeName; } }