Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildNamed(Element elem, String childName)

Description

get First Child Named

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static Element getFirstChildNamed(Element elem, String childName) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    private static Element getFirstChildNamed(Element elem, String childName) {
        NodeList children = elem.getChildNodes();
        final int length = children.getLength();
        for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
            Node node = children.item(index);
            if ((node instanceof Element)
                    && ((Element) node).getTagName().equals(childName)) {
                return (Element) node;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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