Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node rootNode)

Description

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

License

Apache 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 rootNode) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * 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 rootNode) {
        if (rootNode == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Node node = rootNode.getFirstChild();
        while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            node = node.getNextSibling();
        }
        if (node != null && node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            return (Element) node;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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