Here you can find the source of getNodeValue(Node node)
static public String getNodeValue(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*//w ww . j ava 2s .c o m * soapUI, copyright (C) 2004-2010 eviware.com * * soapUI is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation. * * soapUI 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 at gnu.org. */ 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; } }