Get First Element : DOM Element « XML « Java

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2. XML
3. DOM Element

Get First Element

    
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import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

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

/**
 * Few simple utils to read DOM. This is originally from the Jakarta Commons
 * Modeler.
 * 
 * @author Costin Manolache
 */
public class Utils {
  public static Element getFirstElement(Node parent) {
    Node n = parent.getFirstChild();
    while (n != null && Node.ELEMENT_NODE != n.getNodeType()) {
        n = n.getNextSibling();
    }
    if (n == null) {
        return null;
    }
    return (Element)n;
}
  public static Element getNextElement(Element el) {
    Node nd = el.getNextSibling();
    while (nd != null) {
        if (nd.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            return (Element)nd;
        }
        nd = nd.getNextSibling();
    }
    return null;
}

}

   
    
    
    
  

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