Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get by Name

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Child Get by Name are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementgetChildElement(Element ele, String childName)
Utility method that returns the first child element identified by its getName. 
NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element && nodeNameEquals(node, childName))
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetChildElement(Element elem, String name)
get Child Element 
NodeList nodes = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
...
ElementgetChildElement(Element element, String childName)
get Child Element 
for (org.w3c.dom.Node node = element.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    if (node.getNodeType() == org.w3c.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE
            && ((Element) node).getTagName().equals(childName)) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetChildElement(Element element, String elementName)
Returns the first child element with the specified name, or null if none exists. 
for (Node node = element.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        Element childElem = (Element) node;
        String elemName = getElementName(childElem);
        if (elementName.equals(elemName))
            return childElem;
return null;
ElementgetChildElement(Element element, String name)
Returns the child element with the specified name for the specified element. 
NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        Element childElement = (Element) node;
        if (childElement.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
            return childElement;
return null;
ElementGetChildElement(Element element, String name)
Get Child Element 
if (element != null && name != null && !name.isEmpty()) {
    NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = nodes.item(i);
        if (node instanceof Element && name.equals(node.getNodeName())) {
            return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetChildElement(Element element, String tagName)
Returns a child element with a given name from an XML element 
if (element == null)
    return null;
NodeList list = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (list != null && list.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) list.item(0);
return null;
ElementgetChildElement(Element element, String tagName)
get Child Element 
NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
int numChildren = childNodes.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
    Node childNode = childNodes.item(i);
    if (childNode.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        continue;
    Element childElement = (Element) childNode;
...
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String childName)
get Child Element 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
int size = children.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    Node node = children.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element element = (Element) node;
        if (childName.equals(element.getNodeName())) {
            return element;
...
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String childName)
get Child Element 
NodeList list = parent.getElementsByTagName(childName);
Node node;
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    node = list.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;