Here you can find the source of getTextData(Element element)
public static String getTextData(Element element)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w . j a v a2 s . co m * Copyright (c) 2008-2009, * * Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, * Galway, Ireland * http://www.deri.org/ * http://pipes.deri.org/ * * Semantic Web Pipes is distributed under New BSD License. * * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution and * reference to the source code. * * The name of Digital Enterprise Research Institute, * National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; * may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static String getTextData(Element element) { NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) { if ((childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) || (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)) { if (childNodes.item(i) != null) { String tmpStr = ((Text) childNodes.item(i)).getWholeText().trim(); if (tmpStr.length() > 0) { return tmpStr; } } } } return null; } }