Java XML Element Children getFirstSubElement(Element element)

Description

get First Sub Element

License

BSD License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstSubElement(Element element) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstSubElement(Element element) {
        NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
            switch (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType()) {
            case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
                return (Element) childNodes.item(i);
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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