Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element ele)
a utility method for finding the first child XML element of given XML element 
Element resultEle = null;
NodeList childNodes = ele.getChildNodes();
if (childNodes != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = childNodes.item(i);
        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            resultEle = (Element) node;
            break;
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ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element elem)
Return the first child element of the given element. 
for (Node n = elem.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) n;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element elem)
Return the first child element of the given element. 
return (Element) findChildByType(elem, Node.ELEMENT_NODE);
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element elem)
Return the first child element of the given element. 
for (Node n = elem.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) n;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element element)
get First Child Element 
if (element != null) {
    NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
    int length = children.getLength();
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
        Node child = children.item(i);
        if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
            return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element element)
Gets the first child element of an element 
Node child = element.getFirstChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return (Element) child;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element element)
get First Child Element 
Node childNode = element.getFirstChild();
while (childNode != null) {
    if (childNode instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) childNode;
    childNode = childNode.getNextSibling();
return null;
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ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element element)
Utility function for getting the first child element from a element 
if (element == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("nullArgument: element");
for (Node currentChild = element.getFirstChild(); currentChild != null; currentChild = currentChild
        .getNextSibling()) {
    if (currentChild.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) currentChild;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element element)
Returns the first child element, or null if none exists. 
for (Node node = element.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element element, String namespaceURI, String tagName)
Return the first element that is a child of 'element' with the name 'tagName'. 
NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, tagName);
if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) nl.item(0);
return null;