Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElement(Element el, String tagName)

Description

Gets the child element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
el	a parameter
tagName	a parameter

Return

the child element

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Element el, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w  w . ja  va 2  s  .c  o m
 * aTunes 1.14.0 code adapted by Jajuk team
 * 
 * Original copyright notice bellow : 
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Alex Aranda, Sylvain Gaudard, Thomas Beckers and contributors
 *
 * See http://www.atunes.org/wiki/index.php?title=Contributing for information about contributors
 *
 * http://www.atunes.org
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/atunes
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the child element.
     * 
     * @param el 
     * @param tagName 
     * 
     * @return the child element
     */
    public static Element getChildElement(Element el, String tagName) {
        if (el == null) {
            return null;
        }
        NodeList list = el.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        if (list != null && list.getLength() > 0) {
            return (Element) list.item(0);
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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