Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildByTagName(Element parent, String tagName)

Description

get First Child By Tag Name

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildByTagName(Element parent, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstChildByTagName(Element parent, String tagName) {
        NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
                return (Element) node;
            }//from  w w  w  .  jav a 2  s.c o  m
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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