Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent)

Description

Get the indexed Element.

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Metawidget (licensed under LGPL)

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**/*w  ww  .j a v a 2s  . c om*/
     * Get the indexed Element.
     * <p>
     * Similar to <code>Element.getChildNodes.item</code>, but ignores any Nodes (such as
     * indentation TextNodes).
     */

    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent) {

        Node node = parent.getFirstChild();

        while (node != null && !(node instanceof Element)) {

            node = node.getNextSibling();
        }

        return (Element) node;
    }
}

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