Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getChildNode(Node parentNode, String nodeName) { Node node = null; NodeList nodeList = parentNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node childNode = nodeList.item(i); if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (((Element) childNode).getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) { node = childNode; break; } } } return node; } }