Here you can find the source of getFirstNontextChild(Node d)
public static Element getFirstNontextChild(Node d)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w.ja va2 s . co m This file is part of p300. p300 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. p300 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 General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with p300. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Element getFirstNontextChild(Node d) { Node n = d.getFirstChild(); while ((n != null) && (n.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)) { n = n.getNextSibling(); } return (Element) n; } }