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Finds and returns the first child element node.

 
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

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public class Main {
  
  /** Finds and returns the first child element node. */
  public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) {
      
      // search for node
      Node child = parent.getFirstChild();
      while (child != null) {
          if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
              return (Element)child;
          }
          child = child.getNextSibling();
      }
      
      // not found
      return null;
      
  } // getFirstChildElement(Node):Element
}








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