Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * gvNIX is an open source tool for rapid application development (RAD). * Copyright (C) 2010 Generalitat Valenciana * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later * version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more * details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Check if the given Element contains child nodes that match with the given * child name. * * @param element * @param name The name of the child tag to match on. The special value "*" * matches all tags. * @return */ public static boolean hasChildNodes(Element element, String name) { NodeList elements = element.getElementsByTagName(name); return elements.getLength() > 0; } }