Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node node)

Description

Gets the first child org.w3c.dom.Element of the given Node.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the <code>Node</code> to search

Return

the first child Element of the given Node

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    /**// ww  w  .  j a  v  a2  s.c  o  m
     * Gets the first child {@link org.w3c.dom.Element} of the given <code>Node</code>.
     * 
     * @param node the <code>Node</code> to search
     * @return the first child <code>Element</code> of the given <code>Node</code>
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node node) {
        NodeList children = null;
        int numChildren = 0;
        if (node == null || (children = node.getChildNodes()) == null
                || (numChildren = node.getChildNodes().getLength()) == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        Element result = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < numChildren && result == null; i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                result = (Element) child;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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