Java XML Element Get by Name getElement(Document doc, String tagName, int index)

Description

Return an Element given an XML document, tag name, and index

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
doc	XML docuemnt
tagName	a tag name
index	a index

Return

an Element

Declaration

public static Element getElement(Document doc, String tagName, int index) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     Return an Element given an XML document, tag name, and index
        
     @param     doc     XML docuemnt
     @param     tagName a tag name
     @param     index   a index
     @return    an Element
     */
    public static Element getElement(Document doc, String tagName, int index) {
        //given an XML document and a tag
        //return an Element at a given index
        NodeList rows = doc.getDocumentElement().getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        return (Element) rows.item(index);
    }
}

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