Here you can find the source of getNodeRecursive(Node node, String localName)
public static Node getNodeRecursive(Node node, String localName)
//package com.java2s; /*// www. j a va 2 s . c o m * Copyright (C) 2013 Robert Simonovsky * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getNodeRecursive(Node node, String localName) { if ((node.getLocalName() != null) && (node.getLocalName().startsWith(localName))) { return node; } else { NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); if (nl == null) { return null; } for (int a = 0; a < nl.getLength(); a++) { Node found = getNodeRecursive(nl.item(a), localName); if (found != null) { return found; } } } return null; } }