Here you can find the source of firstChildWithName(Element element, String name)
public static Element firstChildWithName(Element element, String name)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2013 Jose Alcal? Correa. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License v3.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt * //from ww w . j a v a 2 s .c o m * Contributors: * Jose Alcal? Correa - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element firstChildWithName(Element element, String name) { NodeList list = element.getChildNodes(); final int length = list.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) { Node n = list.item(i); if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && n.getNodeName().equals(name)) return (Element) n; } return null; } }