Java XML Element Get by Name getElementByName(Element eParent, String elementName)

Description

Get an element from a parent element node

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
eParent	a parameter
elementName	a parameter

Declaration

public static Element getElementByName(Element eParent,
        String elementName) 

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 {
    /**
     * Get an element from a parent element node
     *
     * @param eParent
     * @param elementName
     * @return
     */
    public static Element getElementByName(Element eParent,
            String elementName) {
        NodeList nlParent = eParent.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
        for (int looper = 0; looper < nlParent.getLength(); looper++) {
            if (nlParent.item(looper).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) nlParent.item(looper);
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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