Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright Microsoft Corporation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element getElementByTagName(Node element, String name) { NodeList elements = element.getChildNodes(); if (elements != null) { for (int i = 0; i < elements.getLength(); i++) { if (elements.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element currentElement = (Element) elements.item(i); if (currentElement.getNodeName().equals(name)) { return currentElement; } } } } return null; } }