Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * The MIT License * Copyright (c) 2015 Estonian Information System Authority (RIA), Population Register Centre (VRK) * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Returns the first element matching the given tag name. * @param doc the document from which to search the element * @param tagName the name of the tag to match * @return the element or null if the element cannot be found */ public static Element getFirstElementByTagName(Document doc, String tagName) { NodeList nodes = doc.getElementsByTagName(tagName); if (nodes.getLength() > 0) { return (Element) nodes.item(0); } return null; } }