Get the first child element
import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Utils { /** * Get the first child element * @param parent * @return */ public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) { NodeList childs = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) { Node child = childs.item(i); if (child instanceof Element) { return (Element) child; } } return null; } }