Here you can find the source of getElement(Element elem, String name)
public static Element getElement(Element elem, String name)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w.j a v a 2s .c o m * dbXML - Native XML Database * Copyright (c) 1999-2006 The dbXML Group, L.L.C. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to * the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * * $Id: DOMUtils.java,v 1.5 2006/02/02 19:04:15 bradford Exp $ */ import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static Element getElement(Element elem, String name) { NodeList nl = elem.getElementsByTagName(name); if (nl.getLength() > 0) return (Element) nl.item(0); else return null; } }