Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node start)

Description

gets the first child of a node which is an element.

License

BSD License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node start) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w  w  w. ja va 2  s  . c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2012. betterFORM Project - http://www.betterform.de
 * Licensed under the terms of BSD License
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * gets the first child of a node which is an element. This avoids the whitespace problems when using
     * org.w3c.dom.node.getFirstChild(). Whitespace-nodes may also appear as children, but normally are not what you're
     * looking for.
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node start) {
        Node n = null;
        NodeList nl = start.getChildNodes();
        int len = nl.getLength();

        if (len == 0) {
            return null;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            n = nl.item(i);

            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return ((Element) n);
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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7. getFirstChildElementByName(Element parent, String tagName)
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