String text = "<members> <member>sitinspring</member> </members>";
org.dom4j.Document document = DocumentHelper.parseText(text);
String text1 = document.selectSingleNode("/members/member").getText();
System.out.println(text1);
<dependency>
<groupId>jaxen</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
<version>1.1.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>