get Child XML Element by name - Java XML

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get Child XML Element by name

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getChild(Element parent, String name) {
        NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = (Node) children.item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element elem = (Element) n;
                if (elem.getTagName().equals(name)) {
                    return elem;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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