Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Get the first child Element of the supplied node. 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
int childCount = children.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child != null && child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
return null;
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)
Returns the first child element of the specified node, or null if there is no such element. 
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return (Element) child;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Returns the first child Element of a given Node. 
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while ((child != null) && (child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)) {
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return (Element) child;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Returns the First child element or null if none found 
if (node == null) {
    return null;
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
if (child instanceof Element) {
    return (Element) child;
} else {
    return getNextElement(child);
...
NodegetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Get a first XML element of a given node. 
if (node == null)
    return null;
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
if (child == null)
    return null;
if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
    return child;
while (child != null) {
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
Get the first child node that is an element node. 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) children.item(i);
return null;
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node)
get First Child Element 
return getNthChildElement(node, 0);
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node node, String tag)
Return the first child element under node that has given given tag name. 
NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node temp = list.item(i);
    if (temp.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        continue;
    Element tempElement = (Element) temp;
    if (tempElement.getTagName().equals(tag))
        return tempElement;
...
ElementgetFirstChildElement(Node parent)
Finds and returns the first child element node. 
Node child = parent.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getNextSibling();
return null;
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