Java Utililty Methods XML Node Local Name

Element getElementByTagNameNS(Node node, String namespaceURI, String localName)
get Element By Tag Name NS

NodeList nl;
if (node.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
 nl = ((Document) node).getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName);
} else if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
 nl = ((Element) node).getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName);
} else {
 return null;
if (nl.getLength() > 0) {
 return (Element) nl.item(0);
} else {
 return null;

String getLocalName(final Node n)
Retrieves the local name of the given Node

if (n == null) {
 return null;
final String name = n.getLocalName();
return name == null ? getLocalName(n.getNodeName()) : name;

String getLocalName(final Node node)
get Local Name

final String result = node.getLocalName();
return result != null ? result : node.getNodeName();

String getLocalName(Node el)
get the name of an XML element, with the namespace prefix stripped off

String locName = "";
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(el.getNodeName(), ":");
while (st.hasMoreTokens())
 locName = st.nextToken();
return locName;

String getLocalName(Node element)
Get the non qualified tag name

String localName = element.getLocalName();
if (localName != null) {
 return localName;
String name = element.getNodeName();
int idx = name.indexOf(":");
if (idx >= 0) {
 name = name.substring(idx + 1);
...

String getLocalName(Node node)
returns local name of this element if not null, otherwise returns the name of the node

String name = node.getLocalName();
return (name != null) ? name : node.getNodeName();

String getLocalName(Node node)
get Local Name

String name = node.getLocalName();
return name != null ? name : node.getNodeName();

String getLocalName(Node node)
get Local Name

if (node.getPrefix() == null)
 return node.getNodeName();
else
 return node.getLocalName();

String getLocalName(Node node)
get Local Name

String localName = node.getLocalName();
if (localName == null) {
 localName = node.getNodeName();
 int i = localName.indexOf(':');
 if (i != -1) {
 localName = localName.substring(i + 1);
return localName;

String getNodeLocalName(Node node)
get Node Local Name

String result = node.getLocalName();
if (result == null)
 result = node.getNodeName();
return result;