java 正则表达式过滤html元素

下面是一个过滤html元素的程序，也许对大家有点帮助！
/**
      * filter all html element.
      * For example:<a href="www.sohu.com/test">hello!</a>
      * The filter result is :hello!
      * Notice:This method filter the text between "<" and ">"
      * @param element
      * @return
      */
     public static String getTxtWithoutHTMLElement (String element)
     {
//       String reg="<[^<|^>]+>";
//       return   element.replaceAll(reg,"");
       
         if(null==element||"".equals(element.trim()))
         {
             return element;
         }
         Pattern pattern=Pattern.compile("<[^<|^>]*>");
         Matcher matcher=pattern.matcher(element);
         StringBuffer txt=new StringBuffer();
         while(matcher.find())
         {
             String group=matcher.group();
             if(group.matches("<[\\s]*>"))
             {
                 matcher.appendReplacement(txt,group);