Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getChildNodebyName(Node parentNode, String nameOfChildToFind) { NodeList childNodes = parentNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) { Node currentChildNode = childNodes.item(i); String childName = currentChildNode.getLocalName(); if (childName != null) if (childName.equals(nameOfChildToFind)) return currentChildNode; } return null; } }