Java XML First Child Element getFirstChild(Element parent, String childTagName)

Description

get First Child

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChild(Element parent, String childTagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w w w .  jav a 2 s. c  o m
 * $Id$
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2002, 2004 Takao Nakaguchi.
 *
 * This is a program for Language Grid Core Node. This combines multiple language resources and provides composite language services.
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 NICT Language Grid Project.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at 
 * your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser 
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * 
     * 
     */
    public static Element getFirstChild(Element parent, String childTagName) {
        NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(childTagName);
        if (nodes.getLength() == 0)
            return null;
        return (Element) nodes.item(0);
    }
}

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