Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Blake Dickie * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Trys to find a child element in the given parent element where the child's * name attribute is the given value. * * @param parent The Element to search in. * @param name The name attribute of the element to search for. * * @return The Element if found, null otherwise. */ public static Element findElementWithNameAttribute(Element parent, String name) { NodeList l = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < l.getLength(); i++) { Node n = l.item(i); if (n.getNodeType() == n.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element e = (Element) n; if (e.getAttribute("name").equals(name)) { return e; } } } return null; } }