Java XML Element Get getElementByTagName(Element el, String tag)

Description

Gets the element by tag name.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
el	the el
tag	the tag

Return

the element by tag name

Declaration

public static Element getElementByTagName(Element el, String tag) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w .  j  a v a  2s  .co  m*/
 * Copyright 2012 - 2015 Manuel Laggner
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the element by tag name.
     * 
     * @param el
     *          the el
     * @param tag
     *          the tag
     * @return the element by tag name
     */
    public static Element getElementByTagName(Element el, String tag) {
        NodeList nl = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
        if (nl.getLength() > 0) {
            return (Element) nl.item(0);
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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