Java XML First Child Element getFirstElementChild(Element parent)

Description

Finds the first element child, or null if not found.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static Element getFirstElementChild(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

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

public class Main {
    /** Finds the first element child, or null if not found. */
    static Element getFirstElementChild(Element parent) {
        for (Node n = parent.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                return (Element) n;
        }/* w  ww .  j av  a2 s .c o m*/
        return null;
    }
}

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