Here you can find the source of getChildByName(Node node, String name)
public static Node getChildByName(Node node, String name)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j ava 2 s .co m*/ Fractal. Copyright (C) 2005, Sprint Project This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getChildByName(Node node, String name) { NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { if (nl.item(i).getNodeName().equals(name)) return nl.item(i); } return null; } }