Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Element getFirstChildByTagName(Element elem, String name) { for (Node child = elem.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) if (child instanceof Element && name.equals(child.getNodeName())) return (Element) child; return null; } }