Java XML Element First getFirstElementByTagName(Document document, String name)

Description

get First Element By Tag Name

License

Apache License

Declaration

static public Element getFirstElementByTagName(Document document, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w w  w. ja  va  2  s  .c  o  m*/
 * Copyright 2014, Emory University
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    static public Element getFirstElementByTagName(Document document, String name) {
        return getFirstElement(document.getElementsByTagName(name));
    }

    static public Element getFirstElementByTagName(Element element, String name) {
        return getFirstElement(element.getElementsByTagName(name));
    }

    static private Element getFirstElement(NodeList list) {
        return list.getLength() > 0 ? (Element) list.item(0) : null;
    }
}

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