Java XML Element Get getElement(Element config, String elementName)

Description

returns the element with the given name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getElement(Element config, String elementName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

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

public class Main {
    /**// w ww .  j  a  v a  2  s  . c o m
     * returns the element with the given name
     */
    public static Element getElement(Element config, String elementName) {
        NodeList children = config.getChildNodes();
        Node node;
        for (int counter = 0; counter < children.getLength(); counter++) {
            node = children.item(counter);
            if (node instanceof Element) {
                if (((Element) node).getTagName().equals(elementName)) {
                    return ((Element) node);
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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