Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Element parentElem)

Description

get First Child Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parentElem) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parentElem) {
        if (parentElem == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Node child = parentElem.getFirstChild();
        while (child != null) {
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) child;
            }
            child = child.getNextSibling();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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