Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public final static Element subElement(Element superEle, String subName) { NodeList list = superEle.getChildNodes(); if (list == null) { return null; } for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Node node = list.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (node.getNodeName().equals(subName)) { return (Element) node; } } } return null; } }