- NodeList choicesNd = child.getElementsByTagName("choices");
- if (choicesNd.getLength() > 0) {
- Element choicesElem = (Element) choicesNd.item(0);
- List choices = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(choicesElem,
- "choice");
+ Element choicesElem = DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(
+ refAttrElem, "choices");
+ if (choicesElem != null) {
+ List<Element> choices = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(
+ choicesElem, "choice");