Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Philip Helger (www.helger.com) * philip[at]helger[dot]com * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import javax.annotation.Nonnegative; import javax.annotation.Nonnull; import javax.annotation.Nullable; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Get the first direct child element of the passed element. * * @param aStartNode * The element to start searching. * @return <code>null</code> if the passed element does not have any direct * child element. */ @Nullable public static Element getFirstChildElement(@Nonnull final Node aStartNode) { final NodeList aNodeList = aStartNode.getChildNodes(); final int nLen = aNodeList.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < nLen; ++i) { final Node aNode = aNodeList.item(i); if (aNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return (Element) aNode; } return null; } @Nonnegative public static int getLength(@Nullable final NodeList aNL) { return aNL == null ? 0 : aNL.getLength(); } }