Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Element findElement(Element parent, String uri, String localName) { NodeList nl = parent.getElementsByTagNameNS(uri, localName); if (nl.getLength() > 0) { return (Element) nl.item(0); } else { return null; } } }