Here you can find the source of getNodeValue(Node n)
public static String getNodeValue(Node n)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w w w. j a v a 2 s. com*/ This file belongs to the Servoy development and deployment environment, Copyright (C) 1997-2010 Servoy BV This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses or write to the Free Software Foundation,Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String getNodeValue(Node n) { if (n == null) return null; String val = n.getNodeValue(); if (val == null) { Node child = n.getFirstChild(); if (child != null) { val = child.getNodeValue(); } } return val; } }