Java XML First Child Element firstChild(Element element, String name)

Description

Extracts from the given Element the first child having the given name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	a parameter
name	a parameter

Return

the first child with the given name or null if none

Declaration

public static Element firstChild(Element element, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from w ww . ja va  2s  .com
 * Copyright? 2005-2006 INRIA/Universit? Pierre Mend?s-France/Universit? Joseph Fourier.
 *
 * O3MiSCID (aka OMiSCID) Software written by Sebastien Pesnel, Dominique
 * Vaufreydaz, Patrick Reignier, Remi Emonet and Julien Letessier.
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Extracts from the given Element the first child having the given name.
     *
     * @param element
     * @param name
     * @return the first child with the given name or null if none
     */
    public static Element firstChild(Element element, String name) {
        NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node current = nodeList.item(i);
            if (current.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && current.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
                return (org.w3c.dom.Element) current;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. extractFirstChildValue(final Node node)
2. firstByClass(NodeList childList, String className)
3. firstChild(Element element, String name)
4. firstChildByTagName(Node root, String tagName)
5. firstChildElement(Element element, String childElementName)
6. firstChildElement(Element parent)
7. firstChildElement(Node node)