Java XML Child Node Get getChildNodeWithName(String name, Node n)

Description

looks through the child nodes of n and returns the first child with name

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	the name of the child node to search for
n	the node whose children we are searching

Return

the found node or null if the node is not found.

Declaration

public static Node getChildNodeWithName(String name, Node n) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * looks through the child nodes of n and returns the first child with name
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the name of the child node to search for
     * @param n
     *            the node whose children we are searching
     * @return the found node or null if the node is not found.
     */
    public static Node getChildNodeWithName(String name, Node n) {
        NodeList nl = n.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node c = nl.item(i);
            if (c.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
                return c;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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3. getChildNodeValue(String childNodeName, Node n)
4. getChildNodeValueByName(Node parent, String nodeName)
5. getChildNodeWithName(Node node, String name, String namespaceURI)
6. getChildNodeWithTag(Node node, String nodeTag)