Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * Returns the first child element found with the specified tag name * @param node The node to search * @param element The element tag name to search for * @return The matching element Node */ public synchronized static Node getFirstElementIgnoreCase(Node node, String element) { if (node != null && element != null) { NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node n = nl.item(i); if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && n.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(element)) { return n; } } } return null; } }