Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Element e)

Description

Get the first child of e which is an element, or null if there is no such element.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element e) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the first child of <code>e</code> which is an element,
     * or <code>null</code> if there is no such element.
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element e) {
        Node n = e.getFirstChild();
        while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            n = n.getNextSibling();
        }
        // Now n is either null or an Element
        return (Element) n;
    }
}

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