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Returns the name of the XML element.

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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the name of the element.
     * 
     * @param element the element which name is to be returned
     * @return the name of the element
     */
    public static String getElementName(Element element) {

        if (element.getPrefix() != null && element.getPrefix().length() > 0) {
            return element.getPrefix() + ':' + element.getLocalName();
        } else {
            return element.getLocalName();
        }
    }
}

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