Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Helma License Notice * * The contents of this file are subject to the Helma License * Version 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in * compliance with the License. A copy of the License is available at * http://adele.helma.org/download/helma/license.txt * * Copyright 1998-2003 Helma Software. All Rights Reserved. * * $RCSfile$ * $Author$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { /** * get first "real" element (ie not the document-rootelement, but the next one */ public static Element getFirstElement(Document document) { Element workelement = null; if (document.getDocumentElement() != null) { org.w3c.dom.Node tmp = document.getDocumentElement().getFirstChild(); while (tmp != null) { tmp = tmp.getNextSibling(); if (tmp.getNodeType() == org.w3c.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { workelement = (Element) tmp; break; } } } return workelement; } }