Java XML First Child Element firstChild(Element element, String name)

Description

Returns the first child element for the given name

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element firstChild(Element element, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
    * Returns the first child element for the given name
    */
    public static Element firstChild(Element element, String name) {
        NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
        if (nodes != null) {
            for (int i = 0, size = nodes.getLength(); i < size; i++) {
                Node item = nodes.item(i);
                if (item instanceof Element) {
                    Element childElement = (Element) item;

                    if (name.equals(childElement.getTagName())) {
                        return childElement;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. extractFirstChildValue(final Node node)
2. firstByClass(NodeList childList, String className)
3. firstChild(Element element, String name)
4. firstChildByTagName(Node root, String tagName)
5. firstChildElement(Element element, String childElementName)
6. firstChildElement(Element parent)