Java Utililty Methods XML Element Get

List of utility methods to do XML Element Get

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Description

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

Method

ElementgetElementByName(Element ele, String name)
Get child element by name, ignoring namespace declarations 
List<Element> list = getElementsByName(ele, name);
if (list.size() > 0)
    return list.get(0);
return null;
ElementgetElementByQualifiedName(Element n, String namespace, String elementName)
Gets the first child Element with a given name 
NodeList subNodes = n.getElementsByTagNameNS(namespace, elementName);
int sz = subNodes.getLength();
if (sz > 0) {
    return (Element) subNodes.item(0);
return null;
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element current, String name)
get Element By Tag Name 
return getElementByTagName(current, name, null);
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element el, String tag)
get Element By Tag Name 
NodeList nl = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
if (nl.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) nl.item(0);
return null;
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element el, String tag)
Gets the element by tag name. 
NodeList nl = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
if (nl.getLength() > 0) {
    return (Element) nl.item(0);
return null;
StringgetElementByTagName(Element elem, String name, String emptyValue)
Get text data of first XML org.w3c.dom.Element of given name. 
NodeList nodeList = elem.getElementsByTagName(name);
if (nodeList.getLength() == 0) {
    return null;
NodeList children = nodeList.item(0).getChildNodes();
if (children.getLength() == 0 || children.item(0).getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    return emptyValue;
return children.item(0).getNodeValue();
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element element, String name)
get Element By Tag Name 
NodeList nodes = element.getElementsByTagName(name);
if (nodes.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
else
    return (Element) nodes.item(0);
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element element, String name, int index)
get Element By Tag Name 
NodeList list = element.getElementsByTagName(name);
return (Element) list.item(index);
ElementgetElementByTagName(Element element, String tag)
get single element by tag name 
NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element && ((Element) node).getTagName().equals(tag)) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
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ElementgetElementByTagName(Element element, String tag)
get single element by tag name. 
NodeList list = element.getElementsByTagName(tag);
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
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