Java Utililty Methods XML Has Child

List of utility methods to do XML Has Child

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Method

booleanhasChildren(Element element)
has Children 
return !getChildren(element).isEmpty();
booleanhasChildren(Element element)
Check if an element has some children. 
if (element != null) {
    return element.hasChildNodes();
return false;
booleanhasChildren(Element element, String childName)
has Children 
NodeList ndLs = element.getElementsByTagName(childName);
if (ndLs == null)
    return false;
if (ndLs.getLength() > 0)
    return true;
return false;
booleanhasChildren(final Element el)
See if this node has any children 
NodeList children = el.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node curnode = children.item(i);
    short ntype = curnode.getNodeType();
    if ((ntype != Node.TEXT_NODE) && (ntype != Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) && (ntype != Node.COMMENT_NODE)) {
        return true;
return false;
booleanhasChildren(final Node node)
has Children 
return node == null ? false : node.hasChildNodes();
booleanhasElementChild(Node node)
Checks if a node has a child of ELEMENT type. 
NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();
Node child = null;
int length = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    child = nl.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return true;
return false;
booleanhasElementChild(Node node)
Checks if a node has a child of ELEMENT type. 
NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();
Node child = null;
int length = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    child = nl.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return true;
return false;
booleanhasElementChildren(Element element)
just the same as hasNonWhitespaceChildren, but seen from a different perspective ;) 
return hasNonWhitespaceChildren(element);
booleanhasElementChildren(Element elemNode)
Returns true if the input element has element children. 
NodeList nl = elemNode.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node cand = nl.item(i);
    if (cand.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return true;
return false;
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booleanhasElementChildren(Element elemNode)
Returns true if the input element has element children. 
NodeList nl = elemNode.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node cand = nl.item(i);
    if (cand.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return true;
return false;
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