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

Description

get Child Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

protected static Element getChildElement(Element element, 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 {
    protected static Element getChildElement(Element element, String tagName) {
        NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
        int numChildren = childNodes.getLength();

        for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
            Node childNode = childNodes.item(i);
            if (childNode.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                continue;
            }
            Element childElement = (Element) childNode;

            if (tagName != null) {
                String childTagName = childElement.getTagName();
                if (!childTagName.equals(tagName)) {
                    continue;
                }
            }
            return childElement;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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