Java Utililty Methods XML Child Node Get

NodeList nodes = n.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = nodes.item(i);
    if (name.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
        return (IIOMetadataNode) child;
return null;
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Node child = null;
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
if (children != null && index >= 0 && index < children.getLength()) {
    child = children.item(index);
return child;

NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node curNode = nodes.item(i);
    if (curNode.getLocalName() != null && curNode.getLocalName().equals(childName)) {
        return curNode;
return null;
...

Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        return child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
...

for (int i = 0; i < node.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) {
    String nodeName = node.getChildNodes().item(i).getNodeName();
    if (nodeName.endsWith(name))
        return node.getChildNodes().item(i);
return null;

Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null && !child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return child;

if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
        Node n = nodeList.item(i);
        if (n.getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) {
            return n;
return null;

Node res = null;
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
int len = (children != null) ? children.getLength() : 0;
int i = 0;
while (i < len && res == null) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    String nodeName = child.getNodeName();
    if (nodeName.equals(tag)) {
...

return getChildElement(parent, childName);

NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node currentNode = children.item(i);
    if (currentNode.getLocalName().equalsIgnoreCase(tagName)) {
        return currentNode;
throw new Exception("Child Node ['" + tagName + "'] not found.");
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