Java XML First Child Element readFirstChild(Node parentNode, String nodeName)

Description

read First Child

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element readFirstChild(Node parentNode, String nodeName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

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

public class Main {

    public static Element readFirstChild(Node parentNode, String nodeName) {
        if (parentNode != null) {
            NodeList children = parentNode.getChildNodes();
            for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
                if (children.item(i).getNodeName().equals(nodeName))
                    return (Element) children.item(i);
            }//from   w ww .  ja  v  a 2  s  .c o  m
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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5. insertBeforeFirstChild(Element object, Element attrId)
6. VectoriseFirstChildrenNodes(Node node, Vector elements)
7. xmlFirstChild(final Element parent, final String childName, final boolean isThrow)