Java XML Node Parent getFirstElementByTagName(Node node, String tagName)

Description

get First Element By Tag Name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element getFirstElementByTagName(Node node, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.ArrayList;

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

public class Main {
    public static Element getFirstElementByTagName(Node node, String tagName) {
        ArrayList<Element> elements = getElementsByTagName(node, tagName);
        if (!elements.isEmpty())
            return elements.get(0);
        return null;
    }/*  w  w  w .  ja  v  a2 s .c o m*/

    public static ArrayList<Element> getElementsByTagName(Node node, String tagName) {
        ArrayList<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
        for (int i = 0; i < node.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = node.getChildNodes().item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && n.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
                elements.add((Element) n);
            }
        }
        return elements;
    }
}

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3. getFirstElement(Node xml)
4. getFirstElementByTagName(Node node, String tagName)
5. getFirstElementWithTagName(Node node, String element)
6. getFirstNamedNode(Node node, String name)
7. getFirstNodeByName(Node root, String tagName)
8. getFirstValidNode(Node node)