Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElement(Node node, String childName)

Description

get Child Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getChildElement(Node node, String childName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Element getChildElement(Node node, String childName) {
        NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
        int length = childNodes.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            Node item = childNodes.item(i);
            if (item instanceof Element
                    && item.getNodeName().equals(childName)) {
                return (Element) item;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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