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+package org.zwobble.mammoth.internal.conversion;
+
+import org.zwobble.mammoth.internal.documents.*;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.zwobble.mammoth.internal.util.Casts.tryCast;
+import static org.zwobble.mammoth.internal.util.Iterables.lazyMap;
+import static org.zwobble.mammoth.internal.util.Lists.list;
+
+public class RawText {
+    public static String extractRawText(Document document) {
+        return extractRawTextOfChildren(document);
+    }
+
+    private static String extractRawTextOfChildren(HasChildren parent) {
+        return extractRawText(parent.getChildren());
+    }
+
+    private static String extractRawText(List<DocumentElement> nodes) {
+        return String.join("", lazyMap(nodes, node -> extractRawText(node)));
+    }
+
+    public static String extractRawText(DocumentElement node) {
+        return tryCast(Text.class, node)
+            .map(Text::getValue)
+            .orElseGet(() -> {
+                List<DocumentElement> children = tryCast(HasChildren.class, node)
+                    .map(HasChildren::getChildren)
+                    .orElse(list());
+                String suffix = tryCast(Paragraph.class, node).map(paragraph -> "\n\n").orElse("");
+                return extractRawText(children) + suffix;
+            });
+    }
+}