Here you can find the source of getNodeValue(Node node)
static public String getNodeValue(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w w w. j ava 2s .c o m*/ * Copyright 2004-2014 SmartBear Software * * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon as they will be approved by the European Commission - subsequent * versions of the EUPL (the "Licence"); * You may not use this work except in compliance with the Licence. * You may obtain a copy of the Licence at: * * http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/eupl * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the Licence is * distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either * express or implied. See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the Licence. */ import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { static public String getNodeValue(Node node) { if (node == null) { return null; } if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { return getElementText((Element) node); } else if (node.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) { return getFragmentText((DocumentFragment) node); } else { return node.getNodeValue(); } } static public String getElementText(Element elm) { Node node = elm.getFirstChild(); if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { return node.getNodeValue(); } return null; } static public String getFragmentText(DocumentFragment elm) { Node node = elm.getFirstChild(); if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { return node.getNodeValue(); } return null; } }