Java XML First Child Element getFirstNamedChildNode(Node root, String nodeName)

Description

get First Named Child Node

License

Apache License

Return

first child node matching the specified name

Declaration

public static Node getFirstNamedChildNode(Node root, String nodeName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @return first child node matching the specified name
     */
    public static Node getFirstNamedChildNode(Node root, String nodeName) {
        Node current = root.getFirstChild();
        while (current != null) {
            if (current.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(nodeName)) {
                return current;
            }
            current = current.getNextSibling();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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