Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get by Name

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The list of methods to do XML Element Get by Name are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementgetElementByTagName(Document doc, String eleName)
get Element By Tag Name 
NodeList nl = doc.getElementsByTagName(eleName);
if (null == nl) {
    return null;
Node item = nl.item(0);
return (Element) item;
NodegetElementByTagName(Document document, String tagName)
get Element By Tag Name 
if (document == null || tagName == null) {
    return null;
NodeList nodes = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nodes == null || nodes.getLength() < 1) {
    return null;
return nodes.item(0);
...
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element aParent, String aName)
get Element By Tag Name 
Node child = aParent.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child instanceof Element && ((Element) child).getTagName().equals(aName)) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element parent, String elementName)
get Element By Tag Name 
NodeList nodeList = parent.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
if (nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) nodeList.item(0);
return null;
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element parent, String elementName)
Get a child element with a given tag name. 
NodeList nodeList = parent.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
if (nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) nodeList.item(0);
return null;
ElementgetElementByTagNameWithParents(Element n, String... elementName)
Gets the first child Element with a given name 
for (String elName : elementName) {
    Element subEl = getElementByTagName(n, elName);
    if (subEl == null)
        return null;
    n = subEl;
return n;
DategetElementDateValue(Document document, Element parent, String string)
get Element Date Value 
return parseDate(getElementStringValue(document, parent, string));
floatgetElementFloatValue(Document document, Element parent, String element)
get Element Float Value 
return Float.parseFloat(getElementStringValue(document, parent, element));
ListgetElements(Element parent, String localName)
get Elements 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
Node child = parent.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child instanceof Element && child.getLocalName().equals(localName)) {
        result.add((Element) child);
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return result;
ListgetElements(Element parent, String localname, String namespaceURI)
Get the child elements having the supplied localname and namespace. 
return getElements(parent.getChildNodes(), localname, namespaceURI);