Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element getChildByName(Element parent, String nodeName) { NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes(); int len = nodes.getLength(); if (nodes != null && len > 0) { for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { if (nodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && nodes.item(i).getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) { return (Element) nodes.item(i); } } } return null; } }