Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String getElementValue(Element parent, String label) { Element e = (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(label).item(0); try { Node child = e.getFirstChild(); if (child instanceof CharacterData) { CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child; return cd.getData(); } } catch (Exception ex) { } return ""; } }