Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElement(Node start, String name)

Description

__UNDOCUMENTED__

License

BSD License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
start	__UNDOCUMENTED__
name	__UNDOCUMENTED__

Return

__UNDOCUMENTED__

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Node start, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w w w  .  j ava  2  s.com
 * Copyright (c) 2012. betterFORM Project - http://www.betterform.de
 * Licensed under the terms of BSD License
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * __UNDOCUMENTED__
     *
     * @param start __UNDOCUMENTED__
     * @param name  __UNDOCUMENTED__
     * @return __UNDOCUMENTED__
     */
    public static Element getChildElement(Node start, String name) {
        //        NodeList nl=start.getChildNodes();
        NodeList nl = null;

        if (start.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
            nl = ((Document) start).getDocumentElement().getChildNodes();
        } else {
            nl = start.getChildNodes();
        }

        int len = nl.getLength();
        Node n = null;

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            n = nl.item(i);

            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                if (n.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
                    return (Element) n;
                }
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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