Here you can find the source of getText(Element element, String name)
private static String getText(Element element, String name)
//package com.java2s; /* //w ww. j av a2s. c o m * File: FileUtil.java * * Copyright (C) 2010, Dennis Mikkelson * * 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 2 * 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * Contact : Dennis Mikkelson <mikkelsond@uwstout.edu> * Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science * University of Wisconsin-Stout * Menomonie, WI 54751, USA * * This work was supported by the Spallation Neutron Source Division * of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA. * * Last Modified: * * $Author:$ * $Date:$ * $Revision:$ */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Convenience method to get the first String value with a particular * tag name in an XML document element. */ private static String getText(Element element, String name) { NodeList node_list = element.getElementsByTagName(name); NodeList element_list = ((Element) node_list.item(0)).getChildNodes(); return (element_list.item(0)).getNodeValue(); } }