Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Philip Helger (www.helger.com) * philip[at]helger[dot]com * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import javax.annotation.Nullable; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { @Nullable public static String getElementName(@Nullable final Node aNode) { if (aNode instanceof Document) return getElementName(((Document) aNode).getDocumentElement()); if (aNode instanceof Element) { String ret = aNode.getLocalName(); if (ret == null) ret = ((Element) aNode).getTagName(); return ret; } return null; } }