Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElement(Element parentElement, String name)

Description

get Child Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Element parentElement, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    public static Element getChildElement(Element parentElement, String name) {
        Node node = parentElement.getFirstChild();

        do {
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element element = (Element) node;

                if (name.equals(element.getTagName())) {
                    return element;
                }
            }
        } while ((node = node.getNextSibling()) != null);

        return null;
    }
}

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