Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElementByName(Node node, String name)

Description

Get the first child Element of the supplied node that matches a given tag name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	The DOM Node.
name	The name of the child node to search for.

Return

The first child element with the matching tag name.

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElementByName(Node node, String name) 

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 {
    /**
     * Get the first child Element of the supplied node that matches a given tag name.
     *
     * @param node The DOM Node.
     * @param name The name of the child node to search for.
     * @return The first child element with the matching tag name.
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElementByName(Node node, String name) {
        NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
        int childCount = children.getLength();

        for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child != null && child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && child.getNodeName() != null
                    && child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
                return (Element) child;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getFirstChildElement(Node start)
2. getFirstChildElementByLocalName(Element parentElem, String localName)
3. getFirstChildElementByName(Element parent, String tagName)
4. getFirstChildElementByName(Element root, String tagName)
5. getFirstChildElementByName(final Element parent, final String name)
6. getFirstChildElementByTagName(Element element, String name)
7. getFirstChildElementByTagName(Node element, String tagName)
8. getFirstChildElementCaseInsensitive(Element root, String elementName)
9. getFirstChildElementInternal(final Node node, final boolean useNamespaces, final String namespaceURI, final String localName)