Function xml-get-first-element

xml-get-first-element root

Retrieves the first child node that is an element.

Parameters:

root - The element among whose child nodes an element will be looked for.

Returns:

The first child node of root that is an element. Null if root has not an element among its children nodes.

Looks among the child nodes of the root element and locates the first occurrence of an element.

This function is usefull to retrieve a known occurrence of an element that might be surrounded by text nodes.