Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Check to see if a node exists in the document with the node name passed in. * * @param doc * @param nodeName * @return true if it exists */ public static boolean getNodeExists(Document doc, String nodeName) { if (doc == null || nodeName == null) return false; NodeList nodes = doc.getElementsByTagName(nodeName); if (nodes == null) return false; return nodes.getLength() > 0; } }