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

Description

get Child Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Element parent, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static Element getChildElement(Element parent, String tagName) {
        List<Element> elements = getElements(parent, tagName);
        return (elements.size() > 0) ? elements.get(0) : null;
    }//from   w  ww. ja v  a 2 s . c o  m

    public static List<Element> getElements(Element parent, String tagName) {
        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
        NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element) {
                elements.add(Element.class.cast(node));
            }
        }
        return elements;
    }
}

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