Java XML First Child Element getFirstElementChild(final Node node)

Description

Returns the first child node that is an element (type == ELEMENT_NODE).

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the parent node

Return

the first child element or null if non available

Declaration

public static Node getFirstElementChild(final Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w  w  . ja  v a2 s. c om*/
 This file is part of the xframe software package
 hosted at http://xframe.sourceforge.net

 Copyright (c) 2003 Kurt Riede.

 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the first child node that is an element (type == ELEMENT_NODE).
     *
     * @param node the parent node
     * @return the first child element or <code>null</code> if non available
     */
    public static Node getFirstElementChild(final Node node) {
        final NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            final Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return child;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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6. getFirstElementChild(final Node node)
7. getFirstElementChild(Node root)
8. getFirstElementContent(Element element, String childName)
9. getFirstElemText(Element parent, String childName)