Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node node)

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Description

Returns the First child element or null if none found

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter Description
node The node. May be null.

Return

the First child element or null if none found

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node node) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the First child element or null if none found
     *
     * @param node
     *            The node. May be null.
     * @return the First child element or null if none found
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node node) {
        if (node == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Node child = node.getFirstChild();
        if (child instanceof Element) {
            return (Element) child;
        } else {
            return getNextElement(child);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the next right sibling that is an element.
     */
    public static Element getNextElement(Node node) {

        Element found = null;

        if (node != null) {

            for (Node next = node.getNextSibling(); next != null && found == null; next = next.getNextSibling()) {

                if (next.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                    found = (Element) next;
                }
            }
        }

        return found;
    }
}

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