Java XML Has Child hasChildren(final Element el)

Description

See if this node has any children

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
el	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
SAXException	an exception

Return

boolean true for any child elements

Declaration

public static boolean hasChildren(final Element el) throws SAXException 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

public class Main {
    /** See if this node has any children
     *
     * @param el
     * @return boolean   true for any child elements
     * @throws SAXException
     */
    public static boolean hasChildren(final Element el) throws SAXException {
        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;
    }
}

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