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

Description

get First Element By Tag Name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstElementByTagName(Document document, String tag) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   ww w .j ava 2  s . c  o m*/
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 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstElementByTagName(Document document, String tag) {
        // Get all elements matching the tagname
        NodeList nodeList = document.getElementsByTagName(tag);
        if (nodeList == null) {
            p("no list of elements with tag=" + tag);
            return null;
        }

        // Get the first if any.
        Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(0);
        if (element == null) {
            p("no element for tag=" + tag);
            return null;
        }
        return element;
    }

    public static void p(String s) {
        // System.out.println("DOMUtil: "+s);
    }
}

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