Java Utililty Methods XML First Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML First Child Element

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Method

ElementgetFirstChild(Element element)
Get the first child element from the input elment. 
return findNextSibling(element.getFirstChild());
ElementgetFirstChild(Element element)
Get the first child element of a document element. 
if (element == null)
    return null;
NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    if (list.item(i) instanceof Element) {
        return (Element) list.item(i);
return null;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element element)
get First Child 
NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
Node child;
for (int index = 0; index < children.getLength(); index++) {
    child = children.item(index);
    if ((child instanceof Element)) {
        return (Element) child;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element element, String child)
get First Child 
NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
Element ret = null;
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node childNode = nodes.item(i);
    if (childNode.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(child) && childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        ret = (Element) childNode;
        return ret;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element element, String namespaceUri, String localName)
Returns the first child element of an element that belongs to a certain namespace and has a certain local name or null if none exists. 
Element[] children = getChildren(element, namespaceUri, localName);
if (children.length > 0) {
    return children[0];
return null;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element element, String tag)
get First Child 
Element result = null;
NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = childNodes.item(i);
    if (Node.ELEMENT_NODE == node.getNodeType() && node.getNodeName().equals(tag)) {
        result = (Element) node;
        break;
return result;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element parent, String childTagName)
get First Child 
NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(childTagName);
if (nodes.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
return (Element) nodes.item(0);
ElementgetFirstChild(Element parent, String name)
Get the first child element with the given name. 
final String filter = (name != null && !name.equals("*")) ? name : null;
for (Node n = parent.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (filter == null || n.getNodeName().equals(filter)))
        return (Element) n;
return null;
ElementgetFirstChild(Element parent, String name)
get First Child 
NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = nl.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && n.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        return (Element) n;
return null;
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ElementgetFirstChild(Element root)
Get the first child element of the specified element, null if it has no child elements. 
if (root == null)
    return null;
NodeList lst = root.getChildNodes();
final int n = lst.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    Node node = lst.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        return (Element) node;
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