Java XML Element Get by Attribute findElementWithUniqueAttribute(Element root, String elementName, String attribute, String attributeValue)

Description

find Element With Unique Attribute

License

GNU General Public License

Declaration

public static Element findElementWithUniqueAttribute(Element root,
            String elementName, String attribute, String attributeValue) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static Element findElementWithUniqueAttribute(Element root,
            String elementName, String attribute, String attributeValue) {
        NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            Element tmp = (Element) list.item(i);
            if (tmp.getAttribute(attribute).equals(attributeValue)) {
                return tmp;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. findElement(Element parent, String elementNS, String elementName, String attrName, String attrValue)
2. findElementByAttribute(final NodeList list, final String name, final String value)
3. findElementsByAttribute(Element node, String tagName, String attrName, List attrValues)
4. findElementWithAttributes(Node node, String tagName, Collection attrs)
5. findElementWithNameAttribute(Element parent, String name)
6. findNode(Node node, String attr, String value)
7. findNodeByAttributeValue(NodeList nodeList, String attributeName, String attributeValue)
8. getElementByAttribute(Element root, String tagname, String attribute, String att_value)
9. getElementByAttribute(String attr, String value, Element root)