This method of the Element interface returns the non—marked-up text contained by this element. For text elements, this text is the raw data. For elements with child nodes, getText traverses the entire subtree and appends the text for each terminal text element, effectively removing the XML markup for the subtree. For example, if the XML document contains
<xmp> <AUTHOR> <FIRST>William</FIRST> <LAST>Shakespeare</LAST> </AUTHOR> </xmp>
Document.getText returns "William Shakespeare".
public String getText();