Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Gets String representation of XML tag value */ public static String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element line) { Node child = ((Node) line).getFirstChild(); if (child instanceof CharacterData) { CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child; return cd.getData(); } return "?"; } }