Here you can find the source of getElementText(Element elem)
public static String getElementText(Element elem)
//package com.java2s; /**//from ww w . j av a2 s . co m * Copyright (C) 2009 GIP RECIA http://www.recia.fr * @Author (C) 2009 GIP RECIA <contact@recia.fr> * @Contributor (C) 2009 SOPRA http://www.sopragroup.com/ * @Contributor (C) 2011 Pierre Legay <pierre.legay@recia.fr> * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getElementText(Element elem) { StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); NodeList nodeList = elem.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0, len = nodeList.getLength(); i < len; i++) { Node n = nodeList.item(i); if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { buf.append(n.getNodeValue()); } else { //TODO see jsf-samples //throw new FacesException("Unexpected node type " + n.getNodeType()); } } return buf.toString(); } }