Java Utililty Methods XML NodeList

Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    String name = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("name").getTextContent();
    String value = node.getTextContent();
    map.put(name, value);
return map;
...

if (nodes == null || nodes.getLength() == 0) {
    return null;
Node node = nodes.item(0);
if (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    return null;
return (Element) node;
...

for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    if (list.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        return (Element) list.item(i);
return null;

return list.getLength() > 0 ? (Element) list.item(0) : null;

for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return node;
return null;

for (int i = 0; i < nList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node nNode = nList.item(i);
    if (nNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element eElement = (Element) nNode;
        if (eElement != null)
            return eElement.getTextContent();
return new String("");

if (nodeList == null || nodeList.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
return nodeList.item(0);

String nodeValue = "";
StringBuffer varBuffer = new StringBuffer();
Node node = (Node) nodeList.item(0);
if (node != null) {
    NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        varBuffer.append(childNodes.item(i).getNodeValue().toString());
nodeValue = varBuffer.toString();
return nodeValue;

if (nList != null && nList.getLength() != 0) {
    return nList.item(0).getTextContent();
return null;

return (nodes.getLength() == 0 ? null : getValues(nodes).get(0));