Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent)

Description

Get the first child element

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	a parameter

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  ww  w . j  a  v a  2s . co m*/
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 {
    /**
     * Get the first child element
     * @param parent
     * @return
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) {
        NodeList childs = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = childs.item(i);
            if (child instanceof Element) {
                return (Element) child;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getFirstChildElement(Node node, String tag)
2. getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
3. getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
4. getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
5. getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
6. getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
7. getFirstChildElement(Node parent)
8. getFirstChildElement(Node rootNode)
9. getFirstChildElement(Node start)