Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstElementChild(final Element element, final String namespace, final String localname)
get First Element Child 
Node node = element.getFirstChild();
if (node == null) {
    return null;
do {
    if (match(node, namespace, localname)) {
        return (Element) node;
} while ((node = node.getNextSibling()) != null);
return null;
NodegetFirstElementChild(final Node node)
Returns the first child node that is an element (type == ELEMENT_NODE). 
final NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    final Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return child;
return null;
...
ElementgetFirstElementChild(final Node node)
get First Element Child 
Element elem = null;
for (Node childNode = node.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
    if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        elem = (Element) childNode;
        return elem;
return elem;
...
ElementgetFirstElementChild(Node root)
get First Element Child 
Node node = root.getFirstChild();
while (node != null) {
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) node;
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
StringgetFirstElementContent(Element element, String childName)
get First Element Content 
return element.getElementsByTagName(childName).item(0).getTextContent();
StringgetFirstElemText(Element parent, String childName)
Returns text enclosed in the first child element of the parent element 
Element[] childs = getChilds(parent, childName);
if (childs.length == 0) {
    return null;
return childs[0].getTextContent();
ElementgetFirstLevelChildElementByTagName(Element parent, String elementName)
Get the immediate child element with a given tag name. 
Node childNode = parent.getFirstChild();
while (childNode != null) {
    if ((childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
            && ((Element) childNode).getLocalName().equals(elementName)) {
        return (Element) childNode;
    childNode = childNode.getNextSibling();
return null;
ElementgetFirstLevelChildElementByTagName(Element parent, String elementName)
get First Level Child Element By Tag Name 
Node childNode = parent.getFirstChild();
while (childNode != null) {
    if ((childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
            && ((Element) childNode).getLocalName().equals(elementName)) {
        return (Element) childNode;
    childNode = childNode.getNextSibling();
return null;
ListgetFirstLevelChildElements(Element parent)
get First Level Child Elements 
NodeList nodeList = parent.getChildNodes();
ArrayList<Element> childList = new ArrayList<Element>(nodeList.getLength());
Node childNode = parent.getFirstChild();
while (childNode != null) {
    if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        childList.add((Element) childNode);
    childNode = childNode.getNextSibling();
...
ListgetFirstLevelChildElements(Element parent)
Get all the first level child elements. 
NodeList nodeList = parent.getChildNodes();
ArrayList<Element> childList = new ArrayList<Element>(nodeList.getLength());
Node childNode = parent.getFirstChild();
while (childNode != null) {
    if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        childList.add((Element) childNode);
    childNode = childNode.getNextSibling();
...