Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

StringgetDirectChildElementValue(Element p_rootElement, String p_elementName)
get Direct Child Element Value 
Element element = getDirectChildElement(p_rootElement, p_elementName);
if (element == null)
    return null;
return getElementValue(element);
ListgetDirectChildElementValues(Element p_rootElement, String p_elementName)
get Direct Child Element Values 
List result = new ArrayList();
List elems = getChildElements(p_rootElement, p_elementName);
for (Iterator itor = elems.iterator(); itor.hasNext();) {
    Element elem = (Element) itor.next();
    result.add(getElementValue(elem));
return result;
ArrayListgetDirectChildNamedElements(Element parent, String name)
Returns a collection of direct child Elements that match the specified tag name 
ArrayList<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (Node child = parent.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child instanceof Element && name.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
        result.add((Element) child);
return result;
NodegetDirectChildNode(Node node, String name)
get Direct Child Node 
Node targetNode = null;
List<Node> nodes = getDirectChildNodes(node, name);
if (nodes.size() == 1) {
    targetNode = nodes.get(0);
return targetNode;
ListgetDirectChildNodes(final Node parent, final String... nodeNames)
Scans a node for directly related child nodes of a particular type. 
return getChildNodes(parent, false, nodeNames);
ListgetDirectChildNodes(Node node, String name)
get Direct Child Nodes 
LinkedList<Node> nodes = new LinkedList<Node>();
NodeList childList = node.getChildNodes();
for (int childIndex = 0; childIndex < childList.getLength(); childIndex++) {
    Node child = childList.item(childIndex);
    if (child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        nodes.add(child);
return nodes;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element e)
get First Child 
if (e == null)
    return null;
Node n = e.getFirstChild();
while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
    n = n.getNextSibling();
return (Element) n;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element e, String nsUri, String local)
Gets the first child of the given name, or null. 
for (Node n = e.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element c = (Element) n;
        if (c.getLocalName().equals(local) && c.getNamespaceURI().equals(nsUri))
            return c;
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChild(Element elem, String childTag)
get First Child 
if (elem.hasChildNodes()) {
    NodeList list = elem.getElementsByTagName(childTag);
    int count = list.getLength();
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        Node node = list.item(i);
        if (node.getParentNode() != elem)
            continue;
        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
...
ElementgetFirstChild(Element element)
get First Child 
NodeList nodelist = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodelist.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodelist.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element)
        return (Element) node;
return null;