Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * @param node * @param name * @return the first child node with the given name or <code>null</code> * if none found */ public static Node findChild(Node node, String name) { NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); int len = nl.getLength(); Node child; for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { child = nl.item(i); if (name.equals(child.getNodeName())) { return child; } } return null; } }