Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Part of the Nerduino IOT project - http://nerduino.com Copyright (c) 2013 Chase Laurendine 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 2 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element GetChildElement(Element element, String name) { if (element != null && name != null && !name.isEmpty()) { NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodes.item(i); if (node instanceof Element && name.equals(node.getNodeName())) { return (Element) node; } } } return null; } }