Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get by Name

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

Method

ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String element)
Helper to get the first child element with given name. 
NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
if (nodes == null || nodes.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
Element ret = null;
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = nodes.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && child.getLocalName().equals(element)) {
        ret = (Element) child;
...
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String name)
get Child Element 
NodeList childNdList = parent.getChildNodes();
if (childNdList == null) {
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < childNdList.getLength(); i++) {
    org.w3c.dom.Node n = childNdList.item(i);
    if (n == null) {
        continue;
...
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String name)
get Child Element 
return getChildElement(parent, name, false);
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String name)
Gets the child Element with the indicated name. 
Element elem;
if ((elem = firstChildElement(parent)) == null) {
    return null;
if (elem.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
    return elem;
while ((elem = nextSiblingElement(elem)) != null) {
...
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
get Child Element 
return (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName).item(0);
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
get Child Element 
List<Element> elements = getElements(parent, tagName);
return (elements.size() > 0) ? elements.get(0) : null;
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
get Child Element 
List<Element> children = getChildElements(parent, tagName);
if (children.isEmpty()) {
    return null;
return (Element) children.get(0);
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
get Child Element 
return getChildElement(parent, tagName, false);
ElementgetChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
Gets the immediately child element from the parent element. 
List<Element> children = getChildElements(parent, tagName);
if (children.isEmpty()) {
    return null;
} else {
    return children.get(0);
ElementgetChildElement(Element parentElement, String childElementName)
get Child Element 
NodeList children = parentElement.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && childElementName.equals(getNodeName(child)))
        return (Element) child;
return null;