Java XML First Child Element firstChildElement(Node node)

Description

Returns true if this node has at least one child element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element firstChildElement(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns true if this node has at least one child element
     */
    public static Element firstChildElement(Node node) {
        if (node != null) {
            NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
            for (int i = 0, size = nodes.getLength(); i < size; i++) {
                Node item = nodes.item(i);
                if (item instanceof Element) {
                    return (Element) item;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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1. firstChild(Element element, String name)
2. firstChild(Element element, String name)
3. firstChildByTagName(Node root, String tagName)
4. firstChildElement(Element element, String childElementName)
5. firstChildElement(Element parent)
6. firstChildElement(Node node)
7. firstChildNodeWithName(org.w3c.dom.Node node, String name)
8. firstChildTextContent(Element element, String name)
9. firstElementNodeChild(Node n)