Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Returns the child element with the specified tagName for the specified parent element * * @param parent * @param tagName * @return */ public static Element getChildElementByTagName(Element parent, String tagName) { if (parent == null || tagName == null) { return null; } NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes(); Node node; int len = nodes.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { node = nodes.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && ((Element) node).getNodeName().equals(tagName)) { return (Element) node; } } return null; } }