Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2015, Lars Brandt. All rights reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more * details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Get the first node with a given name and returns it * * @param root the node that contains the children to search within * @param name the name of the node * @return a node with given or null if not found */ public static Node find(Node root, String name) { final NodeList list = root.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { final Node subnode = list.item(i); if (subnode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (subnode.getNodeName().equals(name)) { return subnode; } } } return null; } }