Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElement(Element parent, String childName)

Description

get Child Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Element parent, String childName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w ww  . j  a  v a 2s  .  c o m*/
 * (C) Copyright 2014 Fabien Barbero.
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * (LGPL) version 2.1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
 *
 * 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.
 */

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getChildElement(Element parent, String childName) {
        NodeList list = parent.getElementsByTagName(childName);

        Node node;
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            node = list.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) node;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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