Java XML Child Get by Name getChildByName(final Element parent, final String name)

Description

Gets the child by name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	the parent
name	the name

Return

the child by name

Declaration

public static Element getChildByName(final Element parent, final String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w w  . ja  va 2  s .  c o m*/
     * Gets the child by name.
     *
     * @param parent the parent
     * @param name the name
     * @return the child by name
     */
    public static Element getChildByName(final Element parent, final String name) {
        if (parent == null || name == null)
            return null;
        final NodeList list = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int k = 0, listCount = list.getLength(); k < listCount; k++) {
            final Node child = list.item(k);
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && nodeNameEqualToWithNoNamespace(child, name))
                return (Element) child;
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Node name equal to with no namespace.
     *
     * @param node the node
     * @param target the target
     * @return true, if successful
     */
    public static boolean nodeNameEqualToWithNoNamespace(final Node node, final String target) {
        if (node == null || target == null)
            return false;
        String name = node.getNodeName();
        final int index = name.indexOf(':');
        if (index >= 0)
            name = name.substring(index + 1); // Strip namespace
        return name.equals(target);
    }
}

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