Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name)
get First Child Element 
if (elm == null) {
    return null;
NodeList nl = elm.getChildNodes();
for (int c = 0; c < nl.getLength(); c++) {
    Node node = nl.item(c);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) {
        return (Element) node;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name)
get First Child Element 
if (elm == null)
    return null;
NodeList nl = elm.getChildNodes();
for (int c = 0; c < nl.getLength(); c++) {
    Node node = nl.item(c);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name)))
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name)
get First Child Element 
if (elm == null)
    return null;
NodeList nl = elm.getChildNodes();
for (int c = 0; c < nl.getLength(); c++) {
    Node node = nl.item(c);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name)))
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent)
Get the indexed Element. 
Node node = parent.getFirstChild();
while (node != null && !(node instanceof Element)) {
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return (Element) node;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent)
get First Child Element 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
if (children.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
for (int k = 0; k < children.getLength(); k++) {
    Node kid = children.item(k);
    if (kid instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) kid;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent)
get First Child Element 
Node child = parent.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent, String childName)
get First Child Element 
if (parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).item(0);
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent, String nsUri, String localPart)
Gets the fist child of the given name, or null. 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = children.item(i);
    if (!(item instanceof Element))
        continue;
    if (nsUri.equals(item.getNamespaceURI()) && localPart.equals(item.getLocalName()))
        return (Element) item;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
Gets the first child Element of the given parent Element that has the given tag name. 
NodeList children = null;
if (tagName == null) {
    children = parent.getChildNodes();
} else {
    children = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = children.item(i);
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parent, String tagName)
Get the first child element of a given name a parent element. 
return (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName).item(0);