Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java * * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later. * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Gets the child of the specified element having the specified unique * name. If there are more than one children elements with the same name * and exception is thrown. * * @param element The parent element * @param tagName The name of the desired child * @return The named child. * @throws Exception Child was not found or was not unique. */ public static Element getUniqueChild(Element element, String tagName) throws Exception { final Iterator goodChildren = getChildrenByTagName(element, tagName); if (goodChildren != null && goodChildren.hasNext()) { final Element child = (Element) goodChildren.next(); if (goodChildren.hasNext()) { throw new Exception("expected only one " + tagName + " tag"); } return child; } else { throw new Exception("expected one " + tagName + " tag"); } } /** * Returns an iterator over the children of the given element with * the given tag name. * * @param element The parent element * @param tagName The name of the desired child * @return An interator of children or null if element is null. */ public static Iterator getChildrenByTagName(Element element, String tagName) { if (element == null) { return null; } // getElementsByTagName gives the corresponding elements in the whole // descendance. We want only children NodeList children = element.getChildNodes(); ArrayList goodChildren = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node currentChild = children.item(i); if (currentChild.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && ((Element) currentChild).getTagName().equals(tagName)) { goodChildren.add(currentChild); } } return goodChildren.iterator(); } }