Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element get_child_with_attr(Node parent, String child_name, String attr_name, String attr_value) { NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) { Node child = children.item(i); if (child.getNodeName().equals(child_name)) { if (child instanceof Element) { Element e = (Element) child; if (e.getAttribute(attr_name).equals(attr_value)) return e; } } } return null; } }