Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static Element findFirstChild(Element elem, String tagName) { int i = findFirstChildIndex(elem, tagName); if (i >= 0) { return (Element) elem.getChildNodes().item(i); } else { return null; } } public static int findFirstChildIndex(Element elem, String tagName) { NodeList nl = elem.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); ++i) { if (nl.item(i).getNodeName().equals(tagName)) return i; } return -1; } }