Java XML Element Get by Name getElement(Document parent, String name)

Description

get Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getElement(Document parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

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

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Element getElement(Document parent, String name) {
        NodeList children = parent.getElementsByTagName(name);
        if (children.getLength() >= 1)
            return (Element) children.item(0);
        return null;
    }

    public static Element getElement(Document parent, QName qname) {
        NodeList children = parent.getElementsByTagNameNS(qname.getNamespaceURI(), qname.getLocalPart());
        if (children.getLength() >= 1)
            return (Element) children.item(0);
        return null;
    }

    public static Element getElement(Document parent, String namespaceURI, String localName) {
        NodeList children = parent.getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName);
        if (children.getLength() >= 1)
            return (Element) children.item(0);
        return null;
    }
}

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