Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get by Name

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Method

ElementgetElement(Element parent, String tagName)
Gets the immediately descendant element from the parent element. 
List<Element> children = getElements(parent, tagName);
if (children.isEmpty()) {
    return null;
} else {
    return children.get(0);
ElementgetElement(Element parentElement, String nodeName)
get Element 
NodeList list = parentElement.getElementsByTagName(nodeName);
if (list == null || list.getLength() == 0) {
    return null;
return (Element) list.item(0);
ElementgetElement(Node parent, int index)
get Element 
int j = 0;
NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        if (j == index) {
            return (Element) node;
        j++;
return null;
ElementgetElement(String elementName, Element parentElement)
Get the specified element from a parent element. 
Element returnElement = null;
NodeList nl;
if ((nl = parentElement.getElementsByTagName(elementName)) != null) {
    returnElement = (Element) nl.item(0);
return returnElement;
ElementgetElement(String name, int index, Element parent)
get Element 
ArrayList<Element> toReturn = getElementsByTag(name, parent);
if (index > toReturn.size() - 1) {
    return null;
return toReturn.get(index);
StringgetElementByName(Document document, String name)
get Element By Name 
NodeList nodes = document.getElementsByTagName(name);
String s = null;
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    s = node.getTextContent().trim();
return s;
ElementgetElementByName(Element eParent, String elementName)
Get an element from a parent element node 
NodeList nlParent = eParent.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
for (int looper = 0; looper < nlParent.getLength(); looper++) {
    if (nlParent.item(looper).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) nlParent.item(looper);
return null;
ElementgetElementByName(Element parent, String nodeName)
get Element By Name 
NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(nodeName);
if (nodes.getLength() == 0)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find node " + nodeName);
return ((Element) nodes.item(0));
ElementgetElementByTag(HTMLDocument htmlDoc, int offset, Tag tag)
get Element By Tag 
Element e = htmlDoc.getCharacterElement(offset);
while (e != null && !e.getAttributes().containsAttribute(StyleConstants.NameAttribute, tag)) {
    e = e.getParentElement();
return e;
ElementgetElementByTagAndName(Document document, String tagName, String elementName)
get Element By Tag And Name 
NodeList nodeList = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
Element element = null;
if (elementName != null) {
    Element _element = null;
    for (int nodeIndex = 0; nodeIndex < nodeList.getLength(); nodeIndex++) {
        _element = (Element) nodeList.item(nodeIndex);
        String name = _element.getAttribute("name");
        if (name != null && name.equals(elementName)) {
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