Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * ==================== * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright 2008-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development * and Distribution License("CDDL") (the "License"). You may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. * * You can obtain a copy of the License at * http://opensource.org/licenses/cddl1.php * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * * When distributing the Covered Code, include this CDDL Header Notice in each file * and include the License file at http://opensource.org/licenses/cddl1.php. * If applicable, add the following below this CDDL Header, with the fields * enclosed by brackets [] replaced by your own identifying information: * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" * ==================== */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Returns the First child element or null if none found * * @param node * The node. May be null. * @return the First child element or null if none found */ public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node node) { if (node == null) { return null; } Node child = node.getFirstChild(); if (child instanceof Element) { return (Element) child; } else { return getNextElement(child); } } /** * Get the next right sibling that is an element. */ public static Element getNextElement(Node node) { Element found = null; if (node != null) { for (Node next = node.getNextSibling(); next != null && found == null; next = next.getNextSibling()) { if (next.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { found = (Element) next; } } } return found; } }