Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent)

Description

Returns a node's first child node that is an element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	a parameter

Return

first child element, or null

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**//from   w w  w  . j  av  a  2  s.co m
     * Returns a node's first child node that is an element.
     * @param parent
     * @return first child element, or null
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) {
        NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = children.item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) n;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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