Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element getFirstChild(Element parent, String name) { NodeList list = parent.getElementsByTagName(name); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Node child = list.item(i); if (child.getNodeType() == 1) return (Element) child; } return null; } }