Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static org.w3c.dom.Element getFirstElement(String name, org.w3c.dom.Element root) { NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(name); if (list != null) { return (org.w3c.dom.Element) list.item(0); } else return null; } }