Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2008 - 2009 Pro-Netics S.P.A. * * 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.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Gets the unique child node of the given <code>parent</code> element.<br> * @param parent the parent node * @param childName name of the wanted child node * @return the unique child of the parent node */ public static Element getUniqueChild(Element parent, String childName) { Element child = null; if (parent != null && childName != null) { NodeList list = parent.getElementsByTagName(childName); if (list != null && list.getLength() > 0) { child = (Element) list.item(0); } } return child; } }