Returns the First child XML element or null if none found - CSharp System.Xml

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Returns the First child XML element or null if none found

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using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System;

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the First child element or null if none found
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="node">The node. May be null.</param>
        /// <returns>the First child element or null if none found</returns>
        public static XmlElement GetFirstChildElement(XmlNode node)
        {
            if (node == null)
            {
                return null;
            }
            XmlNode child = node.FirstChild;
            if (child != null && child.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
            {
                return (XmlElement)child;
            }
            else
            {
                return GetNextElement(child);
            }
        }
}

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