Here you can find the source of getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
public static String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . ja v a 2s . c o m Open Auto Trading : A fully automatic equities trading platform with machine learning capabilities Copyright (C) 2015 AnyObject Ltd. This program 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. This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e) { org.w3c.dom.Node child = e.getFirstChild(); if (child instanceof CharacterData) { CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child; return cd.getData(); } return "?"; } }