Here you can find the source of getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. * All Rights Reserved./*from w w w . jav a 2 s . c om*/ * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) { NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) if (children.item(i) instanceof Element) return (Element) children.item(i); return null; } }