Java XML First Child Element getFirstChild(Node parent)

Description

Gets the first (direct) child Element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	the parent element below which to search the child

Return

the first child element, or null otherwise

Declaration

static public Element getFirstChild(Node parent) 

Method Source Code

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

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the first (direct) child Element.
     * 
     * @param parent the parent element below which to search the child
     * @return the first child element, or null otherwise
     */
    static public Element getFirstChild(Node parent) { // Child Element suchen
        if (parent == null)
            return null;
        Node node = parent.getFirstChild();
        while (node != null) { // Find all Element nodes
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                return (Element) node; // found
            node = node.getNextSibling();
        }
        return null; // not found!
    }
}

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