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

Description

get single element by tag name

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	a parameter
tag	a parameter

Declaration

public static Element getElementByTagName(Element element, String tag) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w  w. ja  v  a 2s  .c om*/
     * get single element by tag name
     * @param element
     * @param tag
     * @return
     */
    public static Element getElementByTagName(Element element, String tag) {
        NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element && ((Element) node).getTagName().equals(tag)) {
                return (Element) node;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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