Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 1999-2006 University of Chicago * * 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; public class Main { /** * Utility function for getting the first child element from a element * * @param element the parent element * @return the first child element if one was found, null otherwise */ public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element element) { if (element == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("nullArgument: element"); // i18n.getMessage("nullArgument", "element")); } for (Node currentChild = element.getFirstChild(); currentChild != null; currentChild = currentChild .getNextSibling()) { if (currentChild.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { return (Element) currentChild; } } return null; } }