Java XML First Child Element getFirstNonTextChild(Node root)

Description

Returns the first non-text child node of the given node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
root	The Node , which should be searched.

Return

if a child node was found, null if it was not.

Declaration

public static Node getFirstNonTextChild(Node root) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w ww  .j a  v a 2s  .  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2015 Nortal 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.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the first non-text child node of the given node.
     *
     * @param root The {@link Node}, which should be searched.
     * @return {@link Node} if a child node was found, <code>null</code> if it was not.
     */
    public static Node getFirstNonTextChild(Node root) {
        Node resultNode = null;
        NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            if (!isTextNode(nl.item(i))) {
                resultNode = nl.item(i);
                break;
            }
        }
        return resultNode;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether given {@link Node} is text {@link Node}.
     *
     * @param node the {@link Node}
     * @return whether given node was text node
     */
    public static boolean isTextNode(Node node) {
        return node != null ? Node.TEXT_NODE == node.getNodeType() : false;
    }
}

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