Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent)

Description

get First Child Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

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

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elem, String name) {
        NodeList elems = elem.getElementsByTagName(name);
        return (Element) elems.item(0);
    }/*from   ww w  .j  a v  a 2s  . c o m*/

    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent) {
        NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
        if (children.getLength() == 0)
            return null;
        for (int k = 0; k < children.getLength(); k++) {
            Node kid = children.item(k);
            if (kid instanceof Element) {
                return (Element) kid;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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