Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get by Name

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The list of methods to do XML Child Get by Name are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementgetChildByName(Element parent, String name)
get Child By Name 
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
if (children == null)
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
        return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetChildByName(Element parent, String name)
get Child By Name 
return (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(name).item(0);
ElementgetChildByName(final Element parent, final String name)
get Child By Name 
if (parent == null || name == null)
    return null;
final NodeList list = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int k = 0, listCount = list.getLength(); k < listCount; k++) {
    final Node child = list.item(k);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && nodeNameEqualToWithNoNamespace(child, name))
        return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetChildByName(final Element parent, final String name)
Gets the child by name. 
if (parent == null || name == null)
    return null;
final NodeList list = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int k = 0, listCount = list.getLength(); k < listCount; k++) {
    final Node child = list.item(k);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && nodeNameEqualToWithNoNamespace(child, name))
        return (Element) child;
return null;
NodegetChildByName(Node node, String name)
Returns the first child of a node with a specified name. 
try {
    NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
        if (list.item(i).getNodeName().equals(name)) {
            return list.item(i);
    return null;
...
NodegetChildByName(Node node, String name)
get Child By Name 
NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    if (nl.item(i).getNodeName().equals(name))
        return nl.item(i);
return null;
NodegetChildByName(Node node, String name)
get Child By Name 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for (int j = 0; j < children.getLength(); j++) {
    Node child = children.item(j);
    if (child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        return child;
return null;
...
NodegetChildByName(Node node, String nodeName)
Find node by name. 
org.w3c.dom.NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node c = children.item(i);
    if (c.getNodeName().equals(nodeName))
        return c;
return null;
ElementgetChildByTagName(Element e, String name)
get Child By Tag Name 
for (Node kid = e.getFirstChild(); kid != null; kid = kid.getNextSibling()) {
    if ((kid.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) && (name.equals(kid.getNodeName()))) {
        return (Element) kid;
return null;
ElementgetChildByTagName(Element element, String childElementName)
get Child By Tag Name 
return org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(element, childElementName);