Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Child Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementgetChild(Element el, String name)
Returns a child element of another element or null if there's no such child. 
NodeList nodes = el.getElementsByTagName(name);
if (nodes.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) nodes.item(0);
} else {
    return null;
ElementgetChild(Element element, String child)
get Child 
NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
Element ret = null;
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node childNode = nodes.item(i);
    if (childNode.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(child) && childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        if (ret != null) {
            throw new Exception("Child element '" + child + "' present multiple times");
        } else {
...
ElementgetChild(Element element, String name)
get Child 
NodeList nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(name);
return (Element) nodeList.item(0);
ElementgetChild(Element element, String name)
get Child 
String safeName = name.replaceAll("\\$", "::");
for (int i = 0; i < element.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = element.getChildNodes().item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        Element el = (Element) node;
        if (el.getNodeName().equals(safeName))
            return el;
return null;
ElementgetChild(Element element, String name)
Get the first child element with the given name. 
return (Element) element.getElementsByTagName(name).item(0);
ElementgetChild(Element node, String tagName)
get Child 
Element element = null;
do {
    if (node == null) {
        break;
    NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        Node child = childNodes.item(i);
...
ElementgetChild(Element parent, int i)
get Child 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
if (children.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
int count = 0;
for (int k = 0; k < children.getLength(); k++) {
    Node kid = children.item(k);
    if (kid instanceof Element) {
        if (count == i)
...
ElementgetChild(Element parent, String element)
get Child 
NodeList list = parent.getElementsByTagName(element);
return (Element) list.item(0);
ElementgetChild(Element parent, String name)
get Child 
for (Node child = parent.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child instanceof Element && name.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
        return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetChild(Element parent, String name)
get Child 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = (Node) children.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element elem = (Element) n;
        if (elem.getTagName().equals(name)) {
            return elem;
return null;