Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2012 Geoscience Australia * * 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 { /** * Return the index'th child element of parent that has the given element * tag name. * * @param index * Index of the child to return * @param name * Element tag name to search for * @param parent * Parent to search * @return index'th child element of parent that has the given name */ public static Element getChildElementByTagName(int index, String name, Element parent) { if (parent == null) { return null; } NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes(); if (children == null) { return null; } int count = 0; for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node node = children.item(i); if (node instanceof Element) { Element e = (Element) node; if (e.getTagName().equals(name) && (count++ == index)) { return e; } } } return null; } }