Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElementByName(Element root, String tagName)

Description

get First Child Element By Name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElementByName(Element root, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstChildElementByName(Element root, String tagName) {
        NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = nl.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                continue;
            }
            if (tagName.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
                return (Element) child;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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6. getFirstChildElementByName(final Element parent, final String name)
7. getFirstChildElementByName(Node node, String name)
8. getFirstChildElementByTagName(Element element, String name)
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