Java XML First Child Element getFirstElement(Element element, String childName)

Description

get First Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

static Element getFirstElement(Element element, String childName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

public class Main {
    static Element getFirstElement(Element element, String childName) {
        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child instanceof Element && ((Element) child).getTagName().equals(childName)) {
                return (Element) child;
            }// w ww  .  j  a  va2s . c o m
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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