Java XML First Child Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent)

Description

get First Child Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) 

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 {
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Node parent) {
        if (parent == null || parent.getChildNodes() == null) {
            return null;
        }

        NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = nodes.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) child;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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