Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getChildByName(Node parent, String childName) { NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) { Node child = (Node) children.item(i); if (child.getNodeName().equals(childName)) { return child; } } return null; } }