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

Description

Returns a child element with a given name from an XML element

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	A Element
tagName	The name of the child element

Return

The child element or null if no such child exists

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Element element, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w ww.  ja v  a2s.  c o m*/
 * aTunes 1.8.2
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Alex Aranda, Sylvain Gaudard, Thomas Beckers and contributors
 *
 * See http://www.atunes.org/?page_id=7 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 {
    /**
     * Returns a child element with a given name from an XML element
     * 
     * @param element
     *            A Element
     * @param tagName
     *            The name of the child element
     * @return The child element or <code>null</code> if no such child exists
     */
    public static Element getChildElement(Element element, String tagName) {
        if (element == null)
            return null;
        NodeList list = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        if (list != null && list.getLength() > 0) {
            return (Element) list.item(0);
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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