Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element parentElem)
get First Child Element 
if (parentElem == null) {
    return null;
Node child = parentElem.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Element root)
getFirstChildElement purpose. 
Node child = root.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
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ElementgetFirstChildElement(final Node node)
Gets the first child Element of the specified Node , if any. 
return getFirstChildElementInternal(node, false, null, null);
ElementgetFirstChildElement(final Node parent, final String elemName)
get First Child Element 
for (Node child = parent.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    final short nodeType = child.getNodeType();
    if (nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        final String nodeName = child.getNodeName();
        if (nodeName.equals(elemName)) {
            return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node n)
Gets the first child Element of the node, skipping any Text nodes such as whitespace. 
Node child = n.getFirstChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    child = child.getNextSibling();
if (child != null) {
    return (Element) child;
} else {
    return null;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node n, String ns, String localName)
Gets the first child Element of the node of the given name, skipping any Text nodes such as whitespace. 
Element e = getFirstChildElement(n);
while (e != null && !isElementNamed(e, ns, localName))
    e = getNextSiblingElement(e);
return e;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Gets the first child org.w3c.dom.Element of the given Node. 
NodeList children = null;
int numChildren = 0;
if (node == null || (children = node.getChildNodes()) == null
        || (numChildren = node.getChildNodes().getLength()) == 0) {
    return null;
Element result = null;
for (int i = 0; i < numChildren && result == null; i++) {
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ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
get First Child Element 
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return (Element) child;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Gets the first child element of a node. 
node = node.getFirstChild();
while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return (Element) node;
NodegetFirstChildElement(Node node)
get First Child Element 
Node firstChildElement = null;
for (Node child = node.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        firstChildElement = child;
        break;
return firstChildElement;
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