Here you can find the source of getFirstNode(final Node parent, final String... path)
final public static Node getFirstNode(final Node parent, final String... path)
//package com.java2s; /** /*w w w. j a va2 s . co m*/ * License Agreement for OpenSearchServer * * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Emmanuel Keller / Jaeksoft * * http://www.open-search-server.com * * This file is part of OpenSearchServer. * * OpenSearchServer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * OpenSearchServer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with OpenSearchServer. * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. **/ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { final public static Node getFirstNode(final Node parent, final String... path) { List<Node> nodes = getNodes(parent, path); if (nodes == null) return null; if (nodes.size() == 0) return null; return nodes.get(0); } final private static void getNodes(final Node parent, final int pos, final String[] path, final List<Node> nodes) { if (pos == path.length) { nodes.add(parent); return; } NodeList childrens = parent.getChildNodes(); int l = childrens.getLength(); int nextPos = pos + 1; for (int i = 0; i < l; i++) { Node node = childrens.item(i); switch (node.getNodeType()) { case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: if (node.getNodeName().equals(path[pos])) getNodes(node, nextPos, path, nodes); break; default: continue; } } } final public static void getNodes(final List<Node> nodes, final Node parent, final String... path) { if (path == null) return; if (path.length == 0) return; getNodes(parent, 0, path, nodes); } final public static List<Node> getNodes(final Node parent, final String... path) { if (path == null) return null; if (path.length == 0) return null; List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>(); getNodes(nodes, parent, path); return nodes; } }