Java XML Element Get by Attribute findElementWithNameAttribute(Element parent, String name)

Description

Trys to find a child element in the given parent element where the child's name attribute is the given value.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	The Element to search in.
name	The name attribute of the element to search for.

Return

The Element if found, null otherwise.

Declaration

public static Element findElementWithNameAttribute(Element parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  w  w  w. j  a  va  2s .c  om
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Blake Dickie
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Trys to find a child element in the given parent element where the child's
     * name attribute is the given value.
     *
     * @param parent The Element to search in.
     * @param name   The name attribute of the element to search for.
     *
     * @return The Element if found, null otherwise.
     */
    public static Element findElementWithNameAttribute(Element parent, String name) {
        NodeList l = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < l.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = l.item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == n.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element e = (Element) n;
                if (e.getAttribute("name").equals(name)) {
                    return e;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. findElement(Element element, String elementName, String attributeValue)
2. findElement(Element parent, String elementNS, String elementName, String attrName, String attrValue)
3. findElementByAttribute(final NodeList list, final String name, final String value)
4. findElementsByAttribute(Element node, String tagName, String attrName, List attrValues)
5. findElementWithAttributes(Node node, String tagName, Collection attrs)
6. findElementWithUniqueAttribute(Element root, String elementName, String attribute, String attributeValue)
7. findNode(Node node, String attr, String value)
8. findNodeByAttributeValue(NodeList nodeList, String attributeName, String attributeValue)
9. getElementByAttribute(Element root, String tagname, String attribute, String att_value)