1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
index 53b1a0e48..52f6554d5 100644
--- a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
+
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -832,5 +833,26 @@ public class DOMUtils {
     }
     return false;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Selects the (first) element from a node list and returns it.
+   * 
+   * @param nl  The NodeList to get the element from.
+   * @return    The (first) element included in the node list or <code>null</code>
+   *            if the node list is <code>null</code> or empty or no element is
+   *            included in the list.
+   */
+  public static Element getElementFromNodeList (NodeList nl) {
+    if ((nl == null) || (nl.getLength() == 0)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    for (int i=0; i<nl.getLength(); i++) {
+      Node node = nl.item(i);
+      if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)  {
+        return  (Element)node;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 
 }