Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element getSingleElementByName(Node node, String name) { NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes(); int count = nodeList.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) { Node child = nodeList.item(i); if (child instanceof Element && child.getNodeName().equals(name)) { return (Element) child; } } return null; } }