Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright 2010 Emory University This file is part of Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages. Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static int indexOf(NodeList nodeList, String tagName, int startIdx) { for (int i = startIdx; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodeList.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (node.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) { return i; } } } return -1; } }