Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
get First Child Element 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i)
    if (children.item(i) instanceof Element)
        return (Element) children.item(i);
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
Return the first child element 
if (parent != null) {
    NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
        Node child = children.item(i);
        if (isElement(child)) {
            return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
Gets the first child element of a node. 
NodeList nodeList = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
Get the first child element 
NodeList childs = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = childs.item(i);
    if (child instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) child;
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
get First Child Element 
if (parent == null || parent.getChildNodes() == null) {
    return null;
NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = nodes.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
Returns a node's first child node that is an element. 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = children.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) n;
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node rootNode)
Gets the first child org.w3c.dom.Element of the given Node. 
if (rootNode == null) {
    return null;
Node node = rootNode.getFirstChild();
while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    node = node.getNextSibling();
if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node start)
gets the first child of a node which is an element. 
Node n = null;
NodeList nl = start.getChildNodes();
int len = nl.getLength();
if (len == 0) {
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    n = nl.item(i);
...
ElementgetFirstChildElementByLocalName(Element parentElem, String localName)
get First Child Element By Local Name 
Node child = parentElem.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if ((child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) && getLocalName(child).equals(localName)) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElementByName(Element parent, String tagName)
Return the first child element for the given tag name 
List<Element> elementList = getChildElementsByName(parent, tagName);
if (!elementList.isEmpty())
    return elementList.get(0);
else
    return null;