Here you can find the source of getTextOfEl(Node e)
public static final String getTextOfEl(Node e)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w .java 2s . co m*/ * ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array * (c) European Southern Observatory, 2002 * Copyright by ESO (in the framework of the ALMA collaboration), * and Cosylab * All rights reserved * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser 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 */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static final String getTextOfEl(Node e) { if (e == null || e.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(); } Node n = e.getFirstChild(); if (n == null) return ""; if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { String result = n.getNodeValue(); if (n.getNextSibling() == null) return result; } throw new IllegalStateException("element contains data other than text"); } }