Returns the first child element with the given name.
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
publicclass Utils {
/**
* <p>Returns the first child element with the given name. Returns
* <code>null</code> if not found.</p>
*
* @param parent parent element
* @param name name of the child element
* @return child element
*/
publicstatic Element getChildElementByName(Element parent, String name)
{
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for(int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
Node node = children.item(i);
if(node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
Element element = (Element) node;
if(element.getTagName().equals(name)) {
return element;
}
}
}
return null;
}
}