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

Description

get Child Element

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	the parent XML element
childName	the child node name

Return

the child XML element with specified node name or null if does not exist

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(final Element parent, final String childName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    /**/*  www. jav  a  2  s  .  com*/
     * @param parent the parent XML element
     * @param childName the child node name
     * @return the child XML element with specified node name or <code>null</code> if does not exist
     */
    public static Element getChildElement(final Element parent, final String childName) {

        Element child = null;
        if (parent != null) {
            NodeList children = parent.getElementsByTagName(childName);
            if (children.getLength() > 0) {
                child = (Element) children.item(0);
            }
        }
        return child;
    }
}

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