Java XML Element Get getElement(Element element, String tag)

Description

get Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getElement(Element element, String tag) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w w  w . j  av a  2 s.c  o m
    
   Copyright 2011 Udayakumar Dhansingh (Udy)
    
    
    
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    
   You may obtain a copy of the License at
    
    
    
   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    
    
    
   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    
   limitations under the License.
    
       
    
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Element getElement(Element element, String tag) {
        NodeList nodes = element.getElementsByTagName(tag);
        if (nodes != null && nodes.getLength() > 0) {
            Element childElement = (Element) nodes.item(0);
            String nodeName = null;
            if (childElement != null) {
                nodeName = childElement.getNodeName();
            }
            if (nodeName != null && nodeName.compareTo(tag) == 0) {
                return childElement;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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