Java XML Has Child hasChildren(Element element)

Description

Check if an element has some children.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the element to check

Return

true if the element has at least one child

Declaration

public static boolean hasChildren(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  ww w  .  j  a  v  a 2s . c  o  m*/
 * ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2012
 * 
 * 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.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Check if an element has some children.
     * This is for compatibility only.
     * @param element the element to check
     * @return true if the element has at least one child
     * @deprecated use element.hasChildNode() instead
     */
    public static boolean hasChildren(Element element) {
        if (element != null) {
            return element.hasChildNodes();
        }
        return false;
    }
}

Related

1. hasChildNodes(Element element, String name)
2. hasChildNS(Node parent, String ns, String name)
3. hasChildOfType(final Element e, final String name)
4. hasChildren(Element e)
5. hasChildren(Element element)
6. hasChildren(Element element, String childName)
7. hasChildren(final Element el)
8. hasChildren(final Node node)
9. hasElementChild(Node node)