Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

NodegetFirstChildNodeWithName(String nodeName, Node parentNode)
get First Child Node With Name 
parentNode.normalize();
NodeList childNodes = parentNode.getChildNodes();
Node resultNode = null;
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node childElement = childNodes.item(i);
    if (childElement.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(nodeName)) {
        resultNode = childElement;
return resultNode;
ElementgetFirstChildOfTagName(Element elem, String name)
get First Child Of Tag Name 
NodeList nodeList = elem.getChildNodes();
if (nodeList == null) {
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        elem = (Element) node;
...
ElementgetFirstChildOfType(final Element elParent, final String childTag)
Returns the first child element with the specified tag. 
for (Node childNode = elParent.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
    if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        final Element elChild = (Element) childNode;
        if (elChild.getTagName().equals(childTag)) {
            return elChild;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildTag(Element el, String tag)
Method getFirstChildTag. 
NodeList nl;
int len;
nl = el.getChildNodes();
len = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
    Node n = nl.item(i);
    if (n instanceof Element) {
        Element elem = (Element) n;
...
StringgetFirstChildText(@Nullable final Node aStartNode)
Get the content of the first Text child element of the passed element. 
if (aStartNode != null) {
    final NodeList aNodeList = aStartNode.getChildNodes();
    final int nLen = aNodeList.getLength();
    for (int i = 0; i < nLen; ++i) {
        final Node aNode = aNodeList.item(i);
        if (aNode instanceof Text) {
            final Text aText = (Text) aNode;
            if (!aText.isElementContentWhitespace())
...
NodegetFirstChildText(Node aNode)
get First Child Text 
if (aNode == null) {
    return null;
Node wNode = aNode.getFirstChild();
if (wNode == null || wNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    return wNode;
} else {
    return getFirstSiblingElmt(wNode);
...
TextgetFirstChildText(Node parent)
Get the first Text child of the given parent. 
return getFirstChildImplementing(parent, Text.class);
StringgetFirstChildTextByTagName(Element element, String tagName)
get First Child Text By Tag Name 
Element e = getFirstChildElementByTagName(element, tagName);
return e == null ? null : e.getTextContent().trim();
StringgetFirstChildTextContent(Node node)
get First Child Text Content 
String content = "";
if (node != null) {
    try {
        Node n = node.getFirstChild();
        if (n != null) {
            content = n.getTextContent();
    } catch (Exception e) {
...
StringgetFirstChildTextNodeValue(Node node)
Returns value of first available child text node or null if not found. 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
int len = children.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    Node n = children.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        return n.getNodeValue();
return null;