Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

StringfirstChildTextContent(Element element, String name)
first Child Text Content 
Element child = firstChild(element, name);
if (child != null) {
    return child.getTextContent();
return null;
NodefirstElementNodeChild(Node n)
first Element Node Child 
Node m = n.getFirstChild();
while (m != null && !isElementNode(m))
    m = m.getNextSibling();
return m;
ElementfirstNamedChild(Element el, String lName)
return the first child of the element with given name, or null if there are none 
if (el == null)
    return null;
Element fc = null;
if (namedChildElements(el, lName).size() > 0)
    fc = namedChildElements(el, lName).elementAt(0);
return fc;
TextfirstTextChild(Element el)
first Text Child 
Text text = null;
for (int i = 0; i < el.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = el.getChildNodes().item(i);
    if (n instanceof Text)
        text = (Text) n;
return text;
NodegetDirectChild(Node fNode, String localName, String namespace)
get Direct Child 
for (Node currentChild = fNode.getFirstChild(); currentChild != null; currentChild = currentChild
        .getNextSibling()) {
    if (localName.equals(currentChild.getLocalName()) && namespace.equals(currentChild.getNamespaceURI())) {
        return currentChild;
return null;
NodegetDirectChild(Node fNode, String localName, String namespace)
get Direct Child 
for (Node currentChild = fNode.getFirstChild(); currentChild != null; currentChild = currentChild
        .getNextSibling()) {
    if ((namespace == null || namespace.equalsIgnoreCase(currentChild.getNamespaceURI()))
            && localName.equalsIgnoreCase(currentChild.getLocalName())) {
        return currentChild;
return null;
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ElementgetDirectChildElement(Element p_rootElement, String p_elementName)
get Direct Child Element 
for (Node node = p_rootElement.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    if (node.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(p_elementName))
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ArrayListgetDirectChildElements(Element parent)
Returns a collection of direct child Elements 
ArrayList<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (Node child = parent.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (child instanceof Element) {
        result.add((Element) child);
return result;
ListgetDirectChildElements(Node fNode, String localName, String namespace)
Gets all direct children with specified localname and namespace. 
List<Element> children = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (Node currentChild = fNode.getFirstChild(); currentChild != null; currentChild = currentChild
        .getNextSibling()) {
    if (Node.ELEMENT_NODE == currentChild.getNodeType() && localName.equals(currentChild.getLocalName())
            && namespace.equals(currentChild.getNamespaceURI())) {
        children.add((Element) currentChild);
return children;
ListgetDirectChildElementsByTag(Element node, String tag)
This method returns a list of the direct element node children of this element node with the specified tag. 
List<Element> children = new ArrayList<Element>();
Node child = node.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
            && (child.getNodeName().equals(tag) || tag.equals(DOM_WILDCARD))) {
        children.add((Element) child);
    child = child.getNextSibling();
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