Java XML Has Child hasElementChildren(Element elemNode)

Description

Returns true if the input element has element children.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
elemNode	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean hasElementChildren(Element elemNode) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*  w w w  . ja  v a2  s  . c  o m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2009 DITA2InDesign project (dita2indesign.sourceforge.net)  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;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns true if the input element has element children.
     * 
     * @param elemNode
     * 
     */
    public static boolean hasElementChildren(Element elemNode) {
        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;
    }
}

Related

1. hasChildren(final Element el)
2. hasChildren(final Node node)
3. hasElementChild(Node node)
4. hasElementChild(Node node)
5. hasElementChildren(Element element)
6. hasElementChildren(Element elemNode)
7. hasNamedChild(Element e, String name)
8. hasNonWhitespaceChildren(Element element)
9. hasOnlyTextChildNodes(final Node node)