Here you can find the source of getChildNode(Node node, String childName)
public static Node getChildNode(Node node, String childName)
//package com.java2s; /*// www .ja va 2 s . c om * Copyright (C) 2003-2007 eXo Platform SAS. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getChildNode(Node node, String childName) { 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; } }