get Child XML Element - Android XML

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Description

get Child XML Element

Demo Code

/**//  w w w.ja v a  2s  .  c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Aurora Software Technology Studio. All rights reserved.
 */
//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param parent the parent XML element
     * @param childName the child node name
     * @return the child XML element with specified node name or <code>null</code> if does not exist
     */
    public static Element getChildElement(final Element parent,
            final String childName) {

        Element child = null;
        if (parent != null) {
            NodeList children = parent.getElementsByTagName(childName);
            if (children.getLength() > 0) {
                child = (Element) children.item(0);
            }
        }
        return child;
    }
}

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