Java XML First Child Element getFirstChild(Node node, String childName)

Description

get First Child

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Node getFirstChild(Node node, String childName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Written by Tomer Gabel under the Apache License Version 2.0

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Node getFirstChild(Node node, String childName) {
        NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = nodeList.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeName().equals(childName)) {
                return child;
            }//from  w  ww  . j ava 2  s .c  om
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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