Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * Returns true if element node has children elements * @param actElement * @return */ protected static boolean hasChildElementNodes(Element actElement) { try { if (actElement.hasChildNodes()) { NodeList childNodes = actElement.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) { Node element = childNodes.item(i); if (element.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { return true; } } } return false; } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return false; } } }