Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * This method gets the child node with the provided name from the * provided start node. * @param start The Parent node to scan children. * @param nodeName The name of the node that we're looking for. * @return The Node with name: nodeName, whose parent is the start node. * * @author <a href='mailto:intere@gmail.com'>Eric Internicola</a> */ public static Node getChildNode(Node start, String nodeName) { Node child = null; NodeList children = start.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node n = children.item(i); if (nodeName.equals(n.getNodeName())) { child = n; break; } } return child; } }