Java XML Element Get by Name getElement(Document owner, String elementName, String nsURI)

Description

Returns the Element object corresponding to the given element name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
owner	Document object to search.
elementName	local name to search for.
nsURI	namespaceURI to used (may be null).

Return

the Element object corresponding to the given element name or null if none is found.

Declaration

public static Element getElement(Document owner, String elementName, String nsURI) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w w. j a va  2s  .c  om
     * Returns the Element object corresponding to the given element name.
     *
     * @param owner       Document object to search.
     * @param elementName local name to search for.
     * @param nsURI       namespaceURI to used (may be null).
     * @return the Element object corresponding to the given element name or
     *         <code>null</code> if none is found.
     */
    public static Element getElement(Document owner, String elementName, String nsURI) {
        NodeList nodes = nsURI != null ? owner.getElementsByTagNameNS(nsURI, elementName)
                : owner.getElementsByTagName(elementName);

        if (nodes != null && nodes.getLength() > 0) {
            return ((Element) nodes.item(0));
        }

        return (null);
    }
}

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