Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElemByTagName(Element parent, String tagName)

Description

returns first child element with fitting tag name.

License

Common Public License

Declaration

public static Element getChildElemByTagName(Element parent, String tagName) 

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 {
    /**
     * returns first child element with fitting tag name.
     */
    public static Element getChildElemByTagName(Element parent, String tagName) {
        NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) {
            if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element child = (Element) children.item(i);
                if (child.getTagName().equals(tagName))
                    return child;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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