Java tutorial
import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Utils { /** * Search for a named child of a given node * @param currentNode Starting point for our search * @param tagName Node name to look up * @return matching Node (null if none) */ public static Node getChildSiblingByName(Node currentNode, String tagName) { Node node = currentNode.getFirstChild(); while ((node != null) && (!node.getNodeName().equals(tagName))) { node = node.getNextSibling(); } return node; } }