Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /**Returns the first ELEMENT with name str, while ignoring whitespace nodes * * @param elm * @param str * @return the String value of a child node of Element elm that has a name str * or null if no match */ public static Element getChildElementByName(Element elm, String str) { NodeList nList = elm.getElementsByTagName(str); return nList == null ? null : (Element) nList.item(0); } }