Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Returns the first Element node in a NodeList * @param list the list to search * @return the element or null if none is found */ public static Element getFirstElement(NodeList list) { if (list.getLength() == 0) { return null; } Node node = list.item(0); while (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (node.getNextSibling() == null) { return null; } node = node.getNextSibling(); } return (Element) node; } }