Here you can find the source of getNodeValue(Node node)
static public String getNodeValue(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /**/* w ww .ja v a 2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (c) 2012 centeractive ag. 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, * MA 02110-1301 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.*; 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; } }