Java XML First Child Element getFirstElementChild(Element elemNode)

Description

Returns the first element node within the children of the specified element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
elemNode	The element whose first element child is to be returned.

Declaration

public static Element getFirstElementChild(Element elemNode) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   www.ja  v a2s .  c om
 * Copyright (c) 2009 DITA2InDesign project (dita2indesign.sourceforge.net)  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

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

public class Main {
    /**
      * Returns the first element node within the children of the specified element.
      *
      * @param elemNode The element whose first element child is to be returned.
      */
    public static Element getFirstElementChild(Element elemNode) {
        NodeList nl = elemNode.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node cand = nl.item(i);
            if (cand.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) cand;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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8. getFirstElementChild(final Element element, final String namespace, final String localname)
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