Here you can find the source of nodeToString(Node n)
public static String nodeToString(Node n)
//package com.java2s; /*/*ww w .ja v a2 s.co m*/ * Copyright * 2005 axYus - www.axyus.com * 2005 C.Marchand - christophe.marchand@axyus.com * * This file is part of XEMELIOS. * * XEMELIOS 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 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * XEMELIOS 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 XEMELIOS; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static String nodeToString(Node n) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); if (n instanceof Text) return n.getNodeValue().trim(); else { NodeList nl = n.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node child = nl.item(i); sb.append(nodeToString(child)); } if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if ("td".equalsIgnoreCase(n.getNodeName())) { sb.append("\t"); } else if ("th".equalsIgnoreCase(n.getNodeName())) { sb.append("\t"); } else if ("tr".equalsIgnoreCase(n.getNodeName())) { sb.append("\n"); } else if ("br".equalsIgnoreCase(n.getNodeName())) { sb.append("\n"); } } return sb.toString(); } } }