Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright [2011] [PagSeguro Internet Ltda.] 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 { /** * Gets an element from the XML * * @param elementTag * @param fromElement * @return */ public static Element getElement(String elementTag, Element fromElement) { Element element = null; NodeList nodeList = fromElement.getElementsByTagName(elementTag); if (nodeList.getLength() > 0) { Node node = nodeList.item(0); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { element = (Element) node; } } return element; } }