Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Get the first instance of an element by name. * * @param parent * The parent to get the element from. * @param elementName * The name of the element to look for. * @return The element or null if it is not found. */ public static Element getElement(Element parent, String elementName) { Element retval = null; final NodeList children = parent.getElementsByTagName(elementName); if (children.getLength() > 0) { retval = (Element) children.item(0); } return retval; } }