Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element getElement(Element element, String tagName) { final NodeList nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName); if (nodeList == null || nodeList.getLength() < 1) { return null; } int length = nodeList.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { Element childEle = (Element) nodeList.item(i); if (childEle == null || childEle.getParentNode() == element) { return childEle; } } return null; } }