Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static boolean isChildNodeExist(Document doc, String parentTag, String childnode) { return getChildNode(doc, parentTag, childnode) != null; } public static Node getChildNode(Document doc, String parentTag, String childnode) { try { XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile("//" + parentTag + "/" + childnode); Object obj = expr.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODE); return obj != null ? (Node) obj : null; } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }