Here you can find the source of getWholeText(Element element)
public static String getWholeText(Element element)
//package com.java2s; /*/* www .j ava 2s. c o m*/ * (c) Copyright 2007-2014 by Volker Bergmann. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, is permitted under the terms of the * GNU General Public License. * * For redistributing this software or a derivative work under a license other * than the GPL-compatible Free Software License as defined by the Free * Software Foundation or approved by OSI, you must first obtain a commercial * license to this software product from Volker Bergmann. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" * WITHOUT A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, * REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE * HEREBY EXCLUDED. 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 getWholeText(Element element) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodeList.item(i); if (node instanceof Text) builder.append(((Text) node).getWholeText()); else if (node instanceof Element) builder.append(getWholeText((Element) node)); } return builder.toString(); } }