Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Element element)

Description

Utility function for getting the first child element from a element

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the parent element

Return

the first child element if one was found, null otherwise

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element element) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Utility function for getting the first child element from a element
     *
     * @param element the parent element
     * @return the first child element if one was found, null otherwise
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element element) {
        if (element == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("nullArgument: element");
            //                    i18n.getMessage("nullArgument", "element"));
        }
        for (Node currentChild = element.getFirstChild(); currentChild != null; currentChild = currentChild
                .getNextSibling()) {
            if (currentChild.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) currentChild;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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