Here you can find the source of getChildNodeByName(Node node, String name)
public static Node getChildNodeByName(Node node, String name)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. j a v a 2 s .c om*/ This file belongs to the Servoy development and deployment environment, Copyright (C) 1997-2010 Servoy BV 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 Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses or write to the Free Software Foundation,Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getChildNodeByName(Node node, String name) { if (node == null) return null; NodeList childs = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) { Node child = childs.item(i); if (child.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) { return child; } } // not found return null; } }