Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name)

Description

get First Child Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from w w w  .  j a  v  a 2s . co  m
 * Copyright (c) 2012 centeractive ag. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This library 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 library 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 * MA 02110-1301  USA
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elm) {
        return getFirstChildElement(elm, null);
    }

    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elm, String name) {
        if (elm == null)
            return null;

        NodeList nl = elm.getChildNodes();
        for (int c = 0; c < nl.getLength(); c++) {
            Node node = nl.item(c);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name)))
                return (Element) node;
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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