Get the first XML element with the given name as a child of the given element. - Java XML

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Description

Get the first XML element with the given name as a child of the given element.

Demo Code

/*//from w  w w. ja va 2 s.c om
 * DOMUtil.java
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Nicholas Killewald
 * Portions Copyright (C) 2005 Patrick Niemeyer
 *
 * This file is distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
 * See the LICENSE file under the toplevel images/ directory for terms.
 */
//package com.java2s;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the first element with the given name as a child of the given
     * element.  A RuntimeException will be thrown if the named element doesn't
     * exist.
     *
     * @param element element to get a child from
     * @param name name of child
     * @return the element in question
     */
    public static Element getFirstElement(Element element, String name) {
        NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName(name);
        if (nl.getLength() < 1)
            throw new RuntimeException("Element: " + element
                    + "does not contain: " + name);
        return (Element) nl.item(0);
    }
}

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