Returns true if the input XML element has element children. - Java XML

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Description

Returns true if the input XML element has element children.

Demo Code

/**//from w  ww .j ava 2s. c o  m
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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 {
    /**
     * 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;
    }
}

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