Java XML Element First getFirstElement(Element documentElement)

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Description

get First Element

License

LGPL

Declaration 

public static Element getFirstElement(Element documentElement)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstElement(Element documentElement) {
        Object node = null;//from  w w  w  . jav a 2  s .c o m
        NodeList childs = documentElement.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
            node = childs.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element)
                return (Element) node;
        }
        throw new RuntimeException("Can't find any Element");
    }
}

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