Java XML Child Get getChild(Node parent, String name)

Description

get Child

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Node getChild(Node parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static Node getChild(Node parent, String name) {
        if (parent == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Node first = parent.getFirstChild();
        if (first == null) {
            return null;
        }

        for (Node node = first; node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
            if (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                continue;
            }
            if (name != null && name.equals(node.getNodeName())) {
                return node;
            }
            if (name == null) {
                return node;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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