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

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